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Thomas Lemieux is a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. He obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught at prominent institutions including MIT and the Universite de Montreal before joining UBC in 1999. His recent research focuses on issues concerning earnings inequality in Canada and other countries, employing econometric methods to analyze earnings distribution and regression discontinuity designs. He has published extensively on labor market institutions and their influence on wage inequality, highlighting factors such as educational attainment and the dynamics of unionization. Lemieux's work has contributed significantly to understanding income disparities and the evolving labor market, particularly in light of technological changes and economic policy. He is involved in various professional affiliations, including National Bureau of Economic Research and Institute for the Study of Labor.
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