Munir Squires, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Health knowledge and non-pharmaceutical interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa.
Journal of economic behavior & organization · 2021 · senior author
Linking mobile money networks to "e-ROSCAs": An experimental study.
Science advances · 2021 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Intermarriage and Social Integration in the United States, 1790-1950
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$85,190
Intergenerational mobility and mortality: evidence from the United States
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$51,625
Kinship and democracy
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$64,440

All 5 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Health knowledge and non-pharmaceutical interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa.

Fitzpatrick A, Beg S, Derksen L, Karing A, Kerwin J, Lucas AM, Ordaz Reynoso N, Squires M

Journal of economic behavior & organization2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.045 PMID: 34305214

02

Linking mobile money networks to "e-ROSCAs": An experimental study.

Francois P, Squires M

Science advances2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5831 PMID: 33523840

Intermarriage and Social Integration in the United States, 1790-1950

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Squires, Munir D.

Keywords: Intermarriage; Social Integration; Industrialization; Marriage Patterns; Endogamy; Exogamy; Social Cohesion; Genealogy; Manufacturing Employment; Public Education; Civic Engagement; Social Mobility; Historical US Data

$85,190

Intergenerational mobility and mortality: evidence from the United States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hwang, Il Myoung

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Mortality; Economic history

$51,625

Kinship and democracy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Squires, Munir

Keywords: kinship; democracy; cousin marriage; political economy; culture

$64,440

Nepotism, Need, and Negligence: Why do so many firms in Africa hire kin?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McCasland, Jamie

Keywords: Productivity; Hiring; Kinship Taxation; Small Firms; Development Economics

$73,895

Kinship Taxation and Worker Effort

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Squires, Munir

Keywords: (1) effort; (2) productivity; (3) development economics; (4) kinship; (5) agriculture; (6) property rights; (7) personnel economics

$74,908

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

Frequent collaborators

Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth
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Patrick Francois

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Laura Derksen

Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Squires, 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]. I read your paper "Health knowledge and non-pharmaceutical interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa." (2021), and it 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 "Intermarriage and Social Integration in the United States, 1790-1950" (2025), 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]