Research Profile

 

Herbert J. Schuetze

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

University of Victoria

 

Research Areas:

 

Labour, Public, Micro-Econometrics

 

 

Publications:

 

"Taxes, Economic Conditions and Recent Trends in Male Self-Employment: A Canada-U.S. Comparison", Labour Economics, 7 (2000), pp. 507-544.

 

"Self-Employment Dynamics and Self-Employment Trends: A Study of Canadian Men and Women, 1982-1995" with Peter Kuhn, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol.34, No. 3, August 2001.

 

"Profiles of Tax Noncompliance Among the Self-Employed in Canada, 1969-1992", Canadian Public Policy,Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, 2002

 

The Wage Effects of Experience in Self-Employment”,with Donald Bruce, Labour Economics, 11 (2004), pp.575-598.

 

“The Relationship between Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship”, with Donald Bruce, Swedish Economic Policy Review, 11, No.2 (Fall, 2004), pp. 233-265.

 

“Immigration, Entrepreneurship and the Venture Start-Up Process", with Heather Antecol, International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship eds. Simon C. Parker, Zoltan J. Acs, and David R. Audretsch: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 2.

 

“Income Splitting Among the Self-Employed", Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 39, No.4 (November, 2006).

 

“Tax Incentives and Entrepreneurship: Measurement and Data Considerations" in Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System ed. Emilio Congregado: Springer 2008.

 

"Immigration Policy and the Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants to Canada" in Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment, eds. Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick: McGill-Queen’s University Press 2010.

 

 

Working Papers/Work in Progress:

 

“SelfEmployment and Retirement Policy in Canada”

 

“Immigrant Networks, Occupational Choice, and Match Quality” (Abstract), with Jonathon Wood

 

“Self-Employment and Labor Market Policies”, with Alok Kumar

 

“The Impact of Unemployment Benefits and the Minimum Wage on Transitions to Self-Employment”

 

“The Determinants of Self-Employment Among Older Workers in Canada: Understanding the Role of Labour Market Policy and Other Factors in the High Incidence of Self-Employment”

 

 

Other Articles:

 

“A Statistical Profile of Older Self-Employed Workers in Canada”, Research Study for the Expert Panel on Older Workers (2008),

http://www.ow-ta-sec.org/en/index.shtml.

 

“The Determinants of Self-Employment among Older Workers in Canada”, HRSDC report (2007).

 

"International Comparison of Social Benefits Available to SelfEmployed Workers", Human Resources Social Development Canada working paper (2012).

 

Research Grants and Awards:

 

Ø  Canadian Labour Market and Skills Research Network (CLSRN)/B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training (JTST) Research Grant 2013

Ø  SSHRC Standard Research Grant 2003-2006

Ø  Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis (RIIM) Research Grant 2003-2004

Ø  Canada Institute at Dartmouth Award 2001

Ø  Canadian International Labour Network Fellowship 1996-1998

Ø  McMaster University Graduate Scholarship 1994-1997