Robert McMillan, University of Toronto

Research

education production function effort ability accountability effort shifter education accountability incentives education production

Latest funding

Uncovering the Education Production Function
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$180,317
Accountability incentives and education performance
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$90,000
The microfoundations of housing market dynamics
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$62,500

All 5 grants and awards

Uncovering the Education Production Function

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McMillan, Robert

Keywords: education production function; effort; ability; accountability; effort shifter

$180,317

Accountability incentives and education performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McMillan, Robert

Keywords: education accountability; incentives; education production; non-linearity; structural model

$90,000

The microfoundations of housing market dynamics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: McMillan, Robert

Keywords: housing dynamics; structural estimation; demand estimation

$62,500

An equilibrium model of local education markets: estimation, identification, and policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McMillan, Robert

Keywords: tiebout sorting; endogeneity; boundary fixed effects; general equilibrium policy simulation

$45,000

Competition in local schooling markets: an equilibrium econometric analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McMillan, Robert

Keywords: structural econometric estimation; non-random sorting; general equilibrium policy simulation

$166,995

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: education production function Dear Professor McMillan, 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 education production function 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 "Uncovering the Education Production Function" (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]