Chris Riddell, University of Waterloo

Research

basic income negative income tax experiment labour supply marital status well being interest arbitration labour markets

Latest funding

Improving the Lives of Welfare Recipients: What Pays Off in the Long Run?
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$35,044
The Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiment: New Evidence from Untapped Data
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$42,070
The Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiment: New Evidence from Untapped Data
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,622

Improving the Lives of Welfare Recipients: What Pays Off in the Long Run?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riddell, W. Craig

Keywords: welfare; income assistance; social assistance; welfare-to-work programs; work-first; education upgrading; Self-Sufficiency Program; Active Labour Market Programs; random assignment; intent-to-treat estimates

$35,044

The Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiment: New Evidence from Untapped Data

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riddell, Chris

Keywords: basic income; negative income tax; experiment; labour supply; marital status; well being

$42,070

The Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiment: New Evidence from Untapped Data

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riddell, Chris

Keywords: basic income; negative income tax; experiment; labour supply; marital status; well being

$25,622

The effects of compulsory interest arbitration on disputes, wages and service quality: vidence from a unique natural experiment in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riddell, Chris

Keywords: interest arbitration; labour markets; collective bargaining; public sector; difference-in-difference

$75,860

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: basic income Dear Professor Riddell, 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 basic income 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 Manitoba Income Maintenance Experiment: New Evidence from Untapped Data" (2023), 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]