Florian Hoffmann, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Market Prices
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$93,500
Economic development and the career concerns of colonizers
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$158,000
Determinants of life-cycle career progression and income inequality in frictional labor markets
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$55,000

All 3 grants and awards

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The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Market Prices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffmann, Florian

Keywords: occupational licensing; employment; wages; prices of goods and services; innovation; consumer safety; welfare

$93,500

Economic development and the career concerns of colonizers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffmann, Florian

Keywords: economic development; quality of institutions; labor market dynamics; British colonies and their administration; search and assortative matching; applied econometrics; economic history

$158,000

Determinants of life-cycle career progression and income inequality in frictional labor markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Hoffmann, Florian M.

Keywords: inequality; worker mobility; unemployment; skill heterogeneity; labor markets; labor market frictions; structural change; business cycles; equilibrium search models; structural estimation; panel data

$55,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Hoffmann, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Market Prices" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]