Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto

Research

productivity misallocation establishments productivity, misallocation, agriculture, establishments, distortions, micro data, geography, selection.agriculture distortions micro data geography

Latest funding

Macroeconomics and Productivity
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Macroeconomics and Productivity
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$400,000
Macroeconomics and Productivity
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$1,400,000

All 7 grants and awards

Macroeconomics and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego

Keywords: Macroeconomics Productivity Misallocation Establishments Inequality Poverty Climate Change Technology

$100,000

Macroeconomics and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego

$400,000

Macroeconomics and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego

Keywords: productivity; misallocation; agriculture; establishments; distortions; micro data; geography; selection.

$1,400,000

The macroeconomics of poverty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego P.

Keywords: poverty; growth; countries; population; inequality; agriculture

$105,244

Farm size, education, and aggregate labor productivity over time and across countries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego P.

Keywords: labor productivity; farm size; land; educational attainment; human capital; skill-biased technical change

$62,500

Labor productivity differences across countries: the role of agriculture and plant heterogeneity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego P.

Keywords: labor productivity; agriculture; policy distortions; heterogeneous plants

$65,599

Intergenerational mobility of economic status

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Restuccia, Diego

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; education; innate ability; earmings; transfers; heterogeneous-agent models

$37,439

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: productivity Dear Professor Restuccia, 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 productivity 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 "Macroeconomics and Productivity" (2022), 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]