Thomas Lemieux

Thomas Lemieux is a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics within the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia, where he has been affiliated since 1999. Previously, he taught at MIT and the Université de Montréal. Born in Quebec City, he earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Research Interests: His work focuses on labor economics and econometric methods, particularly analyzing earnings inequality, unionization effects, regression discontinuity designs, and educational returns. He employs advanced decomposition techniques to study wage dynamics across gender, immigration status, and sectoral divides.

Scientific Awards:

• Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
• Fellow, Society of Labor Economists
• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Publications: He has published extensively in top journals like the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica, and Journal of Labor Economics, with recent work examining:

• Union wage premiums using matched employer-employee data
• Spillover effects of minimum wage policies
• Changes in task prices and occupational wages
• Top income dynamics in Canada
• Immigrant wage gaps across education sources
• Regression discontinuity identification challenges
• Canadian labor market responses to the Great Recession