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Background
Dr. Tammy Schirle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in 2006. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A.(Hons) in Economics in 1999 and completed her M.A. in Economics at Dalhousie University (Halifax) in 2000. Dr. Schirle is also a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Pensions Advisory Panel, co-director of the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network's Retirement Research Program, and a faculty member at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research interests in labour economics include the economics of the elderly, retirement policy, income inequality, social policy and the economics of gender. Her recent research has focused on historical changes in elderly poverty and income, the role of public policy in determining elderly living arrangements, and the relationship between the business cycle and seniors' mortality rates.
Select Publications
- Lu, Y., R. Morissette and T. Schirle. 2010. "The Growth in Family Earnings Inequality in Canada: 1980-2005." Forthcoming in The Review of Income and Wealth.
- Schirle, T. 2010. "Health, Pensions, and the Retirement Decision: Evidence from Canada." Forthcoming in Canadian Journal on Aging, vol. 29(4).
- "Working while receiving a pension: Will double dipping change the elderly labour market?" with Kevin Milligan, in Retirement Policy Issues in Canada. Edited by Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway, and James G. MacKinnon. 2009.
- Schirle, T. 2008. "Why have the labor force participation rates of older men increased since the mid-1990s?" Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 26(4), pp. 549-594.
- Milligan, K. and T. Schirle. 2008. "Improving the Labour Market Incentives in Canada's Public Pension System." Canadian Public Policy, vol. 34,(3), pp. 281-304.
