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Markus Poschke

  • Associate Professor
  • McGill University

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Markus Poschke is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at McGill University. His main research interests include firm dynamics, entrepreneurship, growth theory, structural change, the macroeconomics of labour markets, optimal taxation and inequality.

Projects

Rainfall, selection, and agricultural productivity

Francesco Amodio, Markus Poschke 30 Sep 2018
Project

The implications of worker, match and firm heterogeneity for unemployment and self-employment in Ethiopia

Markus Poschke 30 Sep 2018
Project

Unemployment, self-employment, and labour market functioning in Ethiopia

Markus Poschke 31 Mar 2017
Project

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Wage employment, unemployment and self-employment across countries

Markus Poschke Journal of Monetary Economics 149
Journal article
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Unemployment and self-employment in urban Ethiopia: Determinants and scenarios

Markus Poschke
Policy brief
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The implications of worker and firm heterogeneity for unemployment and self-employment in Ethiopia

Markus Poschke
Working paper
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Wage employment, unemployment, and self-employment across countries

Markus Poschke
Working paper

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