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Labour Economics

BEC has undertaken labour economics projects that include:

• Measuring the impact of disability on wages using Canada's 1991 HALS and 2001 PALS microdata databases;
• Calculating the impact of wrongful imprisonment for David Milgaard and his family resulting in a $10 million settlement;
• Developing and attesting to the methodology for the "lost years' deduction" in fatality cases with no dependents under the Survival of Actions Act, affirmed by the Court of Appeal of Alberta in Duncan v. Baddeley;
• Assessing the impact of sexual abuse amongst 70 Nunavut males resulting in a $21 million settlement for all involved in this litigation;
• Evaluating the viability of constructing an NHL arena facility using demographic and economic indicators (the "True North" project in Winnipeg, Manitoba);
• Assessing the social discount rate in litigation involving destroyed timber and woodland;
• Calculating the impact of confinement and sterilization in a landmark case in Alberta (Muir v. Government of Alberta);
• compiling data on key labour market trends in various industries (social work, construction,oil & gas, aviation, mining, fishing, pulp and paper, telecommunications, transportation, day home operations, self-employed ventures, and professionals like dentists, chiropractors, doctors, optometrists, and veterinarians)