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Christine Neill graduated from the University of Queensland (Australia) with a BEconomics (Hons) in 1992, and went to work as an economist in the Australian Treasury and later the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She returned to her studies in 1998, completing her PhD at the University of Toronto in 2006 specializing in labour and public economics. She began work at 51本色 in 2005 and was promoted to associate professor in 2012. She has taught a variety of courses, including Economics of Taxation, Education Economics, Income Distribution, and Introductory Macroeconomics. Her work has been published in journals including the Canadian Tax Journal, Economics Letters, Economics of Education Review, Canadian Public Policy, and the American Law and Economics Review.
Christine's current research interests include ongoing research on post-secondary financing and student financial aid, intergenerational education transmission and inequality of outcomes, and the role of education both early and later in life.
- WLU Service Award (2022)
- President, Canadian Women Economists Network (2016-17)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant (2012)
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. With Tracy Snoddon. Canadian Tax Journal, 70(3), 2022: 599-613
. With Saul Schwartz. Canadian Tax Journal, 70(3): 627-642
. With Elizabeth Dhuey and Jean Eid. Canadian Public Policy, 46(1), 2020: 145-174
. Education Economics, 23(1), 2015: 101-121
Delivering Government Grants to Students through the RESP System: Distributional Implications. With Azim Essaji. Canadian Tax Journal, 60(3), 2012: 635-49
. With Andrew Leigh. Economics Letters, 113(2), 2011: 150-153
. With Andrew Leigh. American Law and Economics Review, 12(2), 2010: 462-508
. Economics of Education Review, 28(5), 2009: 561-570
. with Andrew Leigh. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 20(2), 2008: 145-162
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. With Saul Schwartz. Finances of the Nation Canada, September 6, 2022.
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Aug 2022: Global TV:
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. With Catherine Haeck. The Toronto Star, January 4, 2022
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Royal Society of Canada, November 2021: , with Elizabeth Dhuey, Kelly Foley, and Catherine Haeck
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. With Blake Shaffer, Steven Gordon, Andrew Leach, Tammy Schirle, and Trevor Tombe. Globe and Mail, May 12, 2021
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Office location: LH3009B
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Languages spoken: English
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