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Prior to joining Laurier, Brian McCaig was a lecturer and research fellow in the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University. He has received grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries program, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries program and the World Bank. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute and the US Department of Labor.
He has a number of ongoing projects. These include (1) examining how microenterprises in Vietnam are affected by the new export opportunities, (2) studying the reallocation of workers across private, foreign and state-owned firms in Vietnam in response to a positive export shock, (3) exploring how young workers, particularly women, were affected by the surge of foreign direct investment into Vietnam during the past 20 years, and (4) analysing the impacts of special economic zones in Vietnam on firm performance.
- McCaig, Brian and Nina Pavcnik. 2021. "Entry and exit of informal firms and development," IMF Economic Review, 69(3), pp. 540-575.
- McCaig, Brian and Nina Pavcnik. 2018. "Export markets and labor allocation in a low-income country," American Economic Review, 108(7), pp. 1899-1941.
- McCaig, Brian and Nina Pavcnik. 2017. "Moving out of agriculture: Structural change in Vietnam," Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies, Margaret McMillan, Dani Rodrik, and Claudia Paz Sepulveda (Eds.). Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
- Benjamin, Dwayne, Loren Brandt and Brian McCaig. 2017. "Growth with equity: Income inequality in Vietnam, 2002-14," Journal of Economic Inequality, 15(1), pp. 25-46.
- McCaig, Brian and Nina Pavcnik. 2015. "Informal employment in a growing and globalizing low-income country," American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 105(5), pp. 545-50.
- McCaig, Brian. 2011. "Exporting out of poverty: Provincial poverty in Vietnam and U.S. market access," Journal of International Economics, 85(1), pp. 102-113.
- New York Times Magazine: How much do we really know about global trade's impacts?
- Business Standard: Lazaridis School economist Brian McCaig comments on Samsung expansion into Vietnam.
Contact Info:
T: 548.889.4611
F: 519.888.1015
Office location: LH3004
Office hours:
Spring 2025:
By appointment only
Languages spoken: English
Personal website:
sites.google.com/site/briandmccaig