Xingfei Liu, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest funding

Estimating the Labour Market Impacts of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$76,421
The evolution of racial inequalities in higher education
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$33,684
The evolution of racial inequalities in higher education
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$35,143

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Estimating the Labour Market Impacts of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fang, Tony (Tao)

Keywords: Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Labour Market Outcomes; Workplace Productivity; Firm-worker Linked Survey

$76,421

The evolution of racial inequalities in higher education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hansen, Jorgen

Keywords: education; race; inequality; transitions; liquidity constraints; labor supply; family resources; college graduation; wages

$33,684

The evolution of racial inequalities in higher education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hansen, Jorgen

Keywords: education; race; inequality; transitions; liquidity constraints; labor supply; family resources; college graduation; wages

$35,143

Wage inequality and educational selectivity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hansen, Jorgen

Keywords: wage inequality; education; skill premium; labor supply; human capital

$62,442

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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