Joseph Marchand, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Labor Economics Labor Markets Local Labor Markets Energy Boom and Bust Economics of Aging Policy

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About

Joseph Marchand is a Professor of Economics within the Department of Economics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Founding Director of the Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research (ACLMR), and Co-Director of the Institute for Public Economics (IPE). He had served as Director of WELM-Arts, a Signature Area of Research and Creative Collaboration in Work, Employment, and Labour Markets.

Professor Marchand is best known for his research and teaching of labour economics, such as on aging, energy booms and busts, minimum wages, and mortality. His goal is to enhance the understanding of labour markets through greater access to higher quality information for the most people.

His service has been to the Government of Alberta, as Chair of the Minimum Wage Expert Panel, and the Senate of Canada, as Expert Witness to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance. He is also the editor of weekly New Economics Papers (NEP) reports in labour economics and labor markets, and his department’s working paper series.

Joseph has degrees from Rutgers University (BA), New York University (MA), and Syracuse University (PhD). He has held research positions at Princeton University, Columbia University, and Syracuse University, and visiting positions at the University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Toronto, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Research

His research has been published in labour journals, such as Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review, the Journal of Economic Inequality, Labour Economics, and the Journal of Urban Economics; policy journals, such as ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; general economics journals, such as the Canadian Journal of Economics and the Journal of Economic Surveys; economics of aging journals, such as the Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging and the Journals of Gerontology; and shorter journals, such as Applied Economics Letters and Economics Letters.

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Teaching

His teaching of labour economics to both undergraduate and graduate students (ECON 331, 431, 431-531, 531) guides his development of a new labour economics textbook for the Canadian and North American market. He has also previously taught intermediate microeconomics (ECON 281) and courses on the creation of economics research (ECON 591, 900, 999).

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REPORTS

New Economics Papers Weekly Report on Labor Markets

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VIDEOS

2025

The Line: Alberta Podcast - Rob Breakenridge - Alberta Minimum Wage - YouTube

(~ 30 minutes, with J. Marchand, on October 1, 2025)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2025 - Part One - Vimeo

(~ 65 minutes, with J. Marchand, R. Reichl, K. Duperron, and D. Finch, on September 2, 2025)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2025 - Part Two - Vimeo

(~ 40 minutes, with J. Zhong, S. Staubli, and Y. Mohamed, on September 2, 2025)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2025 - Part Three - Vimeo

(~ 50 minutes, with A. McGee, C. Heck, A. Whalley, and J. Marchand, on September 2, 2025)

Institute for Public Economics - Hanson Lecture 2025 - Catherine Wolfram - Vimeo

(~ 80 minutes, with J. Marchand, M. Carriere, A. Leach, and C. Wolfram, on March 10, 2025)

2024

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2024 - Intro - Vimeo

(~ 25 minutes, with J. Marchand, S. Harbottle, R. Reichl, and D. Finch, on September 3, 2024)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2024 - Part One - Vimeo

(~ 50 minutes, with A. McGee, D. Hryshko, S. Staubli, X. Liu, and T. Tombe, on September 3, 2024)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2024 - Part Two - Vimeo

(~ 40 minutes, with V. Brencic, C. Saunders, L. Wheeler, and S. Fossati, on September 3, 2024)

Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research - Labour Day 2024 - Close - Vimeo

(~ 5 minutes, with J. Marchand, on September 3, 2024)

Institute for Public Economics - Hanson Lecture 2024 - Anil Arora - Vimeo

(~ 85 minutes, with J. Marchand, A. Arora, and A. Leach, on April 10, 2024)

2023

Real Talk Ryan Jespersen Podcast - Alberta Minimum Wage / Oil Booms - YouTube

(~ 30 minutes, with J. Marchand, on March 28, 2023)

ECON 431 - Labor Economics

Empirical labor economics literature on selected topics, including labor markets, job attributes, schooling, labor mobility, wage differentials, compensation strategies, wage structures, and unemployment. Prerequisites: ECON 281, and ECON 399 or equivalent.

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ECON 531 - Labor Economics I

Factors influencing the supply of, and demand for, labor services and the process of relative wage determination in the long and short run. Determination of money wage levels, aggregate labor-force participation, and the level and structure of aggregate employment and unemployment.

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Browse more courses taught by Joseph Marchand

D. Finch, (J. Lane), J. Marchand

The Conversation. 2025 September;

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S. Fossati, J. Marchand

Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review. 2024 January; 77 (1):119-142

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J. Marchand (chair), A. Sen, M. von Schellwitz, M. Braun-Pollon, J. Stanton, B. Culo, D. Borger, R. Donnelly, N. Lycklama

Government of Alberta, Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development. 2023 March;

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A. Cheung, J. Marchand, P. Mark

Population Health Research Brief Series. 2023 March;

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J. Marchand

C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo. 2023 February;

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A. Cheung, J. Marchand, P. Mark

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2022 September; 703 (1):303-323

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J. Marchand, J. Weber

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2020 January; 39 (1):36-63

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J. Marchand

Edmonton Journal. 2019 April; A7

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D. Green, J. Marchand

Globe and Mail. 2018 October; B4

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J. Marchand, J. Weber

Journal of Economic Surveys. 2018 April; 32 (2):469-490

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J. Marchand

Perspectives on Work. 2017 December; 21

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J. Marchand

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary. 2017 September; 491

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J. Marchand

C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo. 2016 September;

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J. Marchand

Income Inequality: The Canadian Story. 2016 February;

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J. Marchand, T. Smeeding

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging. 2016 January; 1B

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J. Marchand

Canadian Journal of Economics. 2015 May; 48 (2):714-735

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J. Marchand

Labour Market Matters. 2014 July; 6 (7)

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J. Fisher, J. Marchand

Journal of Economic Inequality. 2014 June; 12 (2):279-296

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B. Humphreys, J. Marchand

Labour Economics. 2013 October; 24

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J. Marchand, T. Song

An Examination of Alberta Labour Markets. 2013 July;

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J. Marchand, T. Smeeding

Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues. 2013 April; 4

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H. Gao, J. Marchand, T. Song

Comparative Economic Studies. 2013 March; 55 (1):121-143

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J. Marchand, S. Olfert

Applied Economics Letters. 2013 February; 20 (3):276-281

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J. Marchand

Journal of Urban Economics. 2012 January; 71 (1):165-174

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J. Fisher, D. Johnson, J. Marchand, T. Smeeding, B. Torrey

Journals of Gerontology. 2009 November; 64B (6):758-766

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J. Fisher, D. Johnson, J. Marchand, T. Smeeding, B. Torrey

Economics Letters. 2008 June; 99 (3):482-485

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W. Horrace, J. Marchand, T. Smeeding

Journal of Economic Inequality. 2008 March; 6 (1):5-32

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J. Fisher, D. Johnson, J. Marchand, T. Smeeding, B. Torrey

Journals of Gerontology. 2007 March; 62B (2):120-128

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J. Marchand, S. Mettler, T. Smeeding, J. Stonecash

Maxwell Poll on Civic Engagement and Inequality. 2006 January;

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T. Smeeding, J. Marchand

Family Time: The Social Organization of Care. 2004 February;

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