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Lars Osberg

Professor

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Email: Lars.Osberg@Dal.Ca
Phone: 902-494-6988
Mailing Address: 
Department of Economics
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6214 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Labour economics
  • Income and wealth distribution

Current Research

  • Measurement and determinants of social exclusion and poverty
  • Measurement of economic well-being聽
  • Leisure co-ordination and economic well-being
  • Time use and economic development
  • Economic insecurity

Teaching Experience

  • McCulloch Professor of Economics, July 1, 1995-- Present
  • Professor with Tenure, Department of Economics, 1985-- Present
  • University Research Professor 鈥 July 1, 2005 鈥 June 30, 2010
  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Economics, 1981-1985
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 黄色直播, 1977-80

Selected Awards and Honours

  • Galbraith Prize, Progressive Economics Forum, May 2014
  • Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics
  • Canadian Economics Association, May, 2015
  • Doug Purvis Memorial Prize, 2019

Selected Publications

  • 鈥淛ob Insecurity and Mental Health in Canada鈥 with Barry Watson Applied Economics published online February 21, 2018 
  • 鈥淥n the limitations of some current usages of the Gini Index鈥  Review of Income and Wealth, Series 63, No. 3, September 2017, Pages 574 to 584,  (published online 28 September 2016 DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12256)
  •  鈥淯nequal Opportunities and Public Policy: The Impact of Parental Disability Benefits on Child Post-Secondary Attendance鈥 with Kelly Chen and Shelley Phipps revise and resubmit, Canadian Journal of Economics
  • 鈥淗ealing and/or Breaking? The Mental Health Implications of Repeated Economic Insecurity鈥 with Barry Watson forthcoming Social Science and Medicine
  • 鈥淚s It Vulnerability or Economic Insecurity that matters for Health?鈥 with Nick Rohde, Prasada Rao and K.K. Tang  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2017, 134: 307-319
  • 鈥淭he Self-Reinforcing Dynamics of Economic Insecurity and Obesity鈥 with Nick Rohde and K.K.Tang  Applied Economics  49:17 1668-1678  November, 2016 online version: DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1223826
  • 鈥淗ow Accurately does 70% Final Earnings Replacement Measure Retirement Income (In)Adequacy? Introducing the Living Standards Replacement Rate (LSRR)鈥 with Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald and Kevin Moore ASTIN Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association 2016, vol. 46, issue 03, pages 627-676
  • 鈥淥n the limitations of some current usages of the Gini Index鈥  Review of Income and Wealth published online 28 September 2016 DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12256
  • 鈥淓conomic Insecurity and the Weight Gain of Canadian Adults: A Natural Experiment Approach鈥 with Barry Watson and Shelley Phipps, Canadian Public Policy June 2016 Pp.115-131,
  • 鈥淭he Effect of Economic Insecurity on Mental Health: Recent Evidence from Australian Panel Data鈥 with Nick Rohde, Prasada Rao and K.K. Tang (2016)  Social Science & Medicine Vol.151, February 2016, Pp. 250-258
  • 鈥淧revalence, Frequency and Persistence of Being Bullied for Canadian Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis鈥 with Lihui Zhang and Shelley Phipps revise and resubmit Social Science Journal
  • 鈥淚nter-generational effects of disability benefits: evidence from Canadian social assistance programs鈥 with Kelly Chen and Shelley Phipps, Journal of Population Economics  Volume 28, Number 4, October 2015, Pp. 873-910          

Education

  • PhD, Yale University, 1975
  • M.Phil., Yale University, 1972
  • BA. (Hon.), Queen's University, 1968