Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, McGill University

Research

immigration economic integration careers labour market frictions hysteresis cost of recessions

Latest funding

Housing Construction and Neighbourhood Change
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$343,093
Immigrating in a Recession: Long-Term Effects on the Economic Integration of Immigrant Families
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$51,702

All 2 grants and awards

Housing Construction and Neighbourhood Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Baum-Snow, Nathaniel

$343,093

Immigrating in a Recession: Long-Term Effects on the Economic Integration of Immigrant Families

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gendron-Carrier, Nicolas

Keywords: immigration; economic integration; careers; labour market frictions; hysteresis; cost of recessions

$51,702

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: immigration Dear Professor Gendron-Carrier, 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 immigration 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 "Immigrating in a Recession: Long-Term Effects on the Economic Integration of Immigrant Families" (2021), 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]