Kevin Milligan
@kevinmilligan.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics
Granville Bridge renovations.....promise and delivery. Curious how many staff hours went into design of this.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Granville Bridge renovations.....promise and delivery. Curious how many staff hours went into design of this.
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Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Budget 2025
Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.
budget.canada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Just finished academic/admin day and looking at budget headlines.
Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.
But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?
Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.
But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just finished academic/admin day and looking at budget headlines.
Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.
But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?
Can anyone help me parse the international student stuff? The headlines (cuts of 60% plus) look like it would be further carnage for the higher ed sector.
But, maybe the *target* is being cut but the *actuals* are already there?
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Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Budget day chez moi: I have academic and administrative matters keeping me busy all day Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I'm not available for budget interviews or hot takes.
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
I might post here a bit on Tuesday night and I will take a deeper look by Thursday.
But I will look for #budgetsnax posts!
Vlad first over the boards. Gotta love it. Give him the "C" on his uni already...
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vlad first over the boards. Gotta love it. Give him the "C" on his uni already...
That lineup is as good as it is gonna get.
If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.
Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!
If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.
Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
That lineup is as good as it is gonna get.
If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.
Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!
If it were up to me Bam Bam is 5th and Varsh is 7th, but that's just a little quibble.
Bo on wobbly knees at 2b is a bit nerve-wracking and I wonder how George will handle a hard swing, but otherwise LFG!
Love this choice.
Kids, before there was Varsho. before there was KK, there was Devo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ7...
(BTW, Gruber *did* tag the runner on the heel so that *was* a triple play....)
7 Gold Gloves in centre field, including all five years he was with the Jays.
Kids, before there was Varsho. before there was KK, there was Devo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ7...
(BTW, Gruber *did* tag the runner on the heel so that *was* a triple play....)
7 Gold Gloves in centre field, including all five years he was with the Jays.
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Love this choice.
Kids, before there was Varsho. before there was KK, there was Devo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ7...
(BTW, Gruber *did* tag the runner on the heel so that *was* a triple play....)
7 Gold Gloves in centre field, including all five years he was with the Jays.
Kids, before there was Varsho. before there was KK, there was Devo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ7...
(BTW, Gruber *did* tag the runner on the heel so that *was* a triple play....)
7 Gold Gloves in centre field, including all five years he was with the Jays.
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The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
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You might have heard the phrase, "Correlation does not imply causation," but what does that actually mean? Hear from Profs Siwan Anderson, Patrick Francois and @rjuhasz.bsky.social as they break down the importance of causal inference in economic research: youtu.be/YSa7S8W7obs
Correlation ≠ Causation...and why economists care
YouTube video by Vancouver School of Economics at UBC
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July 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
You might have heard the phrase, "Correlation does not imply causation," but what does that actually mean? Hear from Profs Siwan Anderson, Patrick Francois and @rjuhasz.bsky.social as they break down the importance of causal inference in economic research: youtu.be/YSa7S8W7obs
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Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2025/26 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: economics.ubc.ca/people/phd-j... @plbeauregard.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2025/26 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: economics.ubc.ca/people/phd-j... @plbeauregard.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Vancouver School of Economics @ubcvse.bsky.social MA program info session: This Weds Oct 29th, 9-10am PDT.
Learn about:
* our new inequality stream
* our new computation stream
* lots more!
Website: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/mas...
Registration: www.grad.ubc.ca/form/webform...
Learn about:
* our new inequality stream
* our new computation stream
* lots more!
Website: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/mas...
Registration: www.grad.ubc.ca/form/webform...
Event Registration | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
www.grad.ubc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Vancouver School of Economics @ubcvse.bsky.social MA program info session: This Weds Oct 29th, 9-10am PDT.
Learn about:
* our new inequality stream
* our new computation stream
* lots more!
Website: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/mas...
Registration: www.grad.ubc.ca/form/webform...
Learn about:
* our new inequality stream
* our new computation stream
* lots more!
Website: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/mas...
Registration: www.grad.ubc.ca/form/webform...
In Paris to give the keynote lecture to La Colloque Retraite et Vielleissement, sponsored by La Caisse de Dépôt, la Chaire ESoPS, et la fondation Panthéon Sorbonne/Université Paris I.
I'm presenting in French, which is a first for me. (This may be crazy?) But I'm looking forward to it!
I'm presenting in French, which is a first for me. (This may be crazy?) But I'm looking forward to it!
October 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In Paris to give the keynote lecture to La Colloque Retraite et Vielleissement, sponsored by La Caisse de Dépôt, la Chaire ESoPS, et la fondation Panthéon Sorbonne/Université Paris I.
I'm presenting in French, which is a first for me. (This may be crazy?) But I'm looking forward to it!
I'm presenting in French, which is a first for me. (This may be crazy?) But I'm looking forward to it!
Tarps off, get on the police horse, and LFG!!!!!
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tarps off, get on the police horse, and LFG!!!!!
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Adding to my list: The Time of Your Life: On the Economics of Longevity and Mortality, with @kevinmilligan.bsky.social (which happens to showcase some of the work we've loved doing for the past few years!)
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The Time of Your Life: On the Economics of Longevity and Mortality with Kevin Milligan | Canada's Economy, Explained | Episode 12
Canada’s population is retiring earlier and living longer. Even so, the age 65 retirement threshold, inherited from 19th-century Prussia, continues to anchor public policy and social expectations. In ...
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August 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Adding to my list: The Time of Your Life: On the Economics of Longevity and Mortality, with @kevinmilligan.bsky.social (which happens to showcase some of the work we've loved doing for the past few years!)
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MASON FLUHARTY ⚾
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
MASON FLUHARTY ⚾
Darn Jays are in a bad streak right now. But I recovered my mood by watching the 7th 8th and 9th of the MIA NYY game. Yankenfreude felt GREAT.
August 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Darn Jays are in a bad streak right now. But I recovered my mood by watching the 7th 8th and 9th of the MIA NYY game. Yankenfreude felt GREAT.
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No other way to slice it: this is incredibly fucked up.
August 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
No other way to slice it: this is incredibly fucked up.
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A powerful earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia has prompted a tsunami watch for much of the British Columbia coast.
globalnews.ca/news/1131050...
globalnews.ca/news/1131050...
Tsunami watch issued for much of B.C. coast after M8.7 quake off Russian coast | Globalnews.ca
The magnitude 8.7 quake struck 136 kilometres southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, shortly before 4:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday.
globalnews.ca
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A powerful earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia has prompted a tsunami watch for much of the British Columbia coast.
globalnews.ca/news/1131050...
globalnews.ca/news/1131050...
Be like Max, kids...
July 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Be like Max, kids...