John-Paul Ferguson, McGill University

Research

employment segregation firm boundaries racial segregation outsourcing

Latest papers

Who do we invent for? Patents by women focus more on women's health, but few women get to invent.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2021 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Outsourcing Inequality: How Contracting Reshapes Racial Segregation in Workplaces
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$150,274
Using Informational Nudges to Causally Infer the Effects of Hiring Interventions Supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$24,821
Racial Employment Segregation and the Boundary of the Firm
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$136,233

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Who do we invent for? Patents by women focus more on women's health, but few women get to invent.

Koning R, Samila S, Ferguson JP

Science (New York, N.Y.)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/science.aba6990 PMID: 34140388

Outsourcing Inequality: How Contracting Reshapes Racial Segregation in Workplaces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ferguson, John-Paul

$150,274

Using Informational Nudges to Causally Infer the Effects of Hiring Interventions Supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Jeraul

Keywords: casual inferences; diversity; field experiment

$24,821

Racial Employment Segregation and the Boundary of the Firm

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ferguson, John-Paul

Keywords: employment segregation; firm boundaries; racial segregation; outsourcing

$136,233

Racial Employment Segregation and the Boundary of the Firm

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ferguson, John-Paul

Keywords: employment segregation; firm boundaries; racial segregation; outsourcing

$79,753

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: employment segregation Dear Professor Ferguson, 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 "Who do we invent for? Patents by women focus more on women's health, but few women get to invent." (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 "Outsourcing Inequality: How Contracting Reshapes Racial Segregation in Workplaces" (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]