Lance Lochner, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Child Skill Production with Multiple Investment Inputs
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$32,994
Human Capital and Inequality
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Human capital production and returns
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$152,990

All 11 grants and awards

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Child Skill Production with Multiple Investment Inputs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J.

Keywords: child development; skills; human capital; childcare; inequality; intergenerational mobility

$32,994

Human Capital and Inequality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance

$150,000

Human capital production and returns

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J.

Keywords: human capital; skills; child development; inequality

$152,990

Human Capital and Inequality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance

Keywords: student loan; higher education; post-secondary education; earnings risk; human capital; inequality

$50,000

Human Capital and Inequality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance

Keywords: student loan; higher education; post-secondary education; earnings risk; human capital; inequality

$1,350,000

Human capital, credit, and education policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J.

Keywords: human capital; education; borrowing constraints; student loans; financial aid

$168,985

Canada Research Chair in Human Capital and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J

Keywords: education, human capital, post-secondary education, student loans, early childhood development

$500,000

Building a network to study productivity in Canada from a firm-level perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Veall, Michael R.

Keywords: productivity; firm-level decision-making; firm-level data; enterprise-level data; establishment-level data

$199,600

Borrowing constraints, student loans, and educational outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J.

Keywords: education; human capital; borrowing constraints; credit constraints; student loans; family income; post-secondary attendance

$69,000

Canada Research Chair in Human Capital and Productivity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lochner, Lance J

Keywords: education; human capital; early childhood development; skill formation

$500,000

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 Dear Professor Lochner, 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 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 "Child Skill Production with Multiple Investment Inputs" (2024), 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]