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Dwayne Benjamin

Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. (Princeton, 1989), M.A. (Princeton, 1986), B.S. (Toronto, 1984)
Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 138. Phone: 416-978-6130. Fax: 416-978-5277.
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Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/benjamin/index.htm
Research fields: Labour economics, Economic development, Econometrics, Applied econometrics

Selected research

  • Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, John Giles, "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China", Economic Development and Cultural Change 53 (4) (2005), 769–824.
  • Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt, "Property Rights, Labour Markets, and Efficiency in a Transition Economy: The Case of Rural China", Canadian Journal of Economics 35 (4) (2002), 689–716.
  • Michael Baker and Dwayne Benjamin, "Working Time over the Life-Cycle: Do Public Pensions Matter?", in Changes in Working Time (edited by Susan Houseman and Alice Nakamura), W.E. Upjohn Institute, Kalamazoo MI, 2001, 181–213.
  • Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, Scott Rozelle, "Aging, Well-being, and Social Security in Rural North China", Population and Development Review 26 (2000), 89–116.
  • Michael Baker and Dwayne Benjamin, "Early Retirement Provisions and the Labour Force Behaviour of Older Men: Evidence from Canada", Journal of Labor Economics 17 (4) (1999), 724–756.
All publications

Honors and awards

  • John C. Polanyi Prize in Economics, 1992.