Joshua Gottlieb, University of British Columbia

Research

inequality labor supply superstars income distribution physician incomes pareto distribution tax policy (1) Emissions

Latest funding

The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Market Prices
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$93,500
Top Income Inequality: Theory, Data, and Measurement
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$61,735
Studying Coal Plant Pollution Using Machine Learning
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$56,067

All 6 grants and awards

The Effects of Occupational Licensing on Market Prices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffmann, Florian

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

$93,500

Top Income Inequality: Theory, Data, and Measurement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gottlieb, Joshua D.

Keywords: inequality; labor supply; superstars; income distribution; physician incomes; pareto distribution; tax policy

$61,735

Studying Coal Plant Pollution Using Machine Learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gottlieb, Joshua

Keywords: (1) Emissions; (2) Coal power; (3) Particulate matter; (4) Machine learning

$56,067

The Political Economy of Health Care

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gottlieb, Joshua

Keywords: (1) Political economy; (2) Voting; (3) Fiscal policy; (4) Government budgets; (5) Health care policy

$60,071

Job-Protected Leaves and Entrepreneurship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gottlieb, Joshua

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Risk-taking behaviour; Employment Insurance (EI); Gender gap; Maternity leave; Parental leave; Job search; Women in the labor market

$68,881

House price expectations: theory, locally, and across Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gottlieb, Joshua D.

Keywords: housing; real estate; interest rates; behavioral finance

$142,712

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: inequality Dear Professor Gottlieb, 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 on inequality 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 "Top Income Inequality: Theory, Data, and Measurement" (2019), 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]