Kourtney Koebel
First Name:
Kourtney
Last Name:
Koebel
Email :
kourtney.koebel@utoronto.ca
Title:
Sessional Lecturer
Biography :
Kourtney is a PhD graduate of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. Here research interests include labour markets and social policy, as well as poverty alleviation strategies. Her current research involves evaluating the labour supply effects of the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) using applied econometrics and bridging together different schools of thought on how we formally think about, and conceive of, the broad concept of “work”. She has also worked on several projects related to the concept of a basic income guarantee (BIG), including the design and financing of a BIG in Canada, as well as the political feasibility and framing of such a policy. This work includes simulating a revenue-neutral basic income and examining the static effects it could have on the poverty rate and distribution of income in Canada.
Publications
- Dhuey, E. & Koebel, K. (2022). Is there an optimal school starting age? IZA World of Labor, 247.v2, 1–9
- Baker, J., Koebel, K. & Tedds, L. M. (2021). Gender disparities in the labour market? Examining the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The School of Public Policy Publications, 14(18), 1–35
- Koebel, K., Pohler, D., Gomez, R. & Mohan, A. (2021). Public policy in a time of crisis: A framework for evaluating Canada’s COVID-19 income support programs. Canadian Public Policy, 47(2), 316-333
- Baker, J., Koebel, K. & Tedds, L. M. (2021). Gender Disparities in the Labour Market? Examining the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta. In Alberta’s Economic and Fiscal Future. R. Mansell & K. J. McKenzie (Eds.). Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pp. 48–69
- Koebel, K. & Pohler, D. (2020). Basic Income. In Reimagining the Regulation and Governance of Work. D. Pohler (Ed.). Labor and Employment Relations Association Research Volume. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 193–221
- Koebel, K., & Pohler, D. (2020). Labor markets in crisis: The double liability of low-wage work during COVID-19. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society (Berkeley), 59(4), 503-531
- Boadway, Robin, Katherine Cuff, and Kourtney Koebel (2019). Designing a Basic Income Guarantee for Canada. In Goodyear-Grant, E., Myles, J., Kymlicka, W., & Johnston, R (Eds.), Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World. McGill-Queen's University Press
- Koebel, K., & Pohler, D. (2019). Expanding the Canada Workers Benefit to Design a Guaranteed Basic Income. Canadian Public Policy, 45(3): 283-309. 10.3138/cpp.2019-016
- Boadway, Robin & Cuff, Katherine & Koebel, Kourtney. (2018). Can Self-Financing Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Costs, Tax Burdens, and Attitudes: A Rejoinder. Canadian Public Policy. 44. 1-11. 10.3138/cpp.2018-044.
- Boadway, Robin & Cuff, Katherine & Koebel, Kourtney (2018). Implementing a Basic Income Guarantee in Canada: Prospects and Problems. Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- Koebel, K., and T. Schirle. 2016. The differential impact of universal child benefits on the labour supply of married and single mothers. Canadian Public Policy, 42(1), 49–64. 10.3138/cpp.2015-049
- Boadway, R., K. Cuff & K. Koebel. 2016. “Designing a basic income guarantee for Canada.” Working Paper No. 1371, Department of Economics, Queen’s University, Kingston.
Education:
PhD Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto, 2022
MA Political Science, University of Toronto, 2017
MA Economics, Queen’s University, 2016
BA Hons Economics & Political Science with Research Specialization Option (High Distinction), Wilfrid Laurier University, 2015
Personal Website:
http://kourtneykoebel.ca/
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Presentations:
“No Detail too Small: Designing, Costing and Financing a BIG in Canada," Basic Income Nova Scotia Mini Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia (April 27, 2019)
The Political Economy of a Basic Income Guarantee," North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, McMaster University (plenary presentation and panelist by invitation, May 26, 2018)
“Basic Income: Some Options for Canada," North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, McMaster University (presentation by invitation, May 26, 2018)
“Basic Income and Labour Supply," The New Economy and a Basic Income Guarantee Conference, Ryerson University (presentation and panelist by invitation, May 29, 2017)
“The Political Feasibility of a Basic Income Guarantee in Canada: Lessons from History," North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, McMaster University (presenter and panelist, May 26, 2018)
Administrative Service:
Referee. The School of Public Policy Publications (2022)
Referee, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society (2021)
Referee, Economics of Education Review (2021)
Referee, Journal of Public Economics (2020)
Student Representative Member, Association of Students in Industrial Relations and Human Resources Executive Committee, CIRHR (2020)
Discussant. In J. Matheson (Chair/Organizer), Public Programs and Policies, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (June 1, 2019)
Session Chair, Labour Market Regulation - Disability and Discrimination in the Labour Market, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (May 31, 2019)
Co-Organizer and Chair, Promises and Prospects for a Guaranteed Basic Income in Canada, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (May 31, 2019)
Referee, Canadian Public Policy (2017, 2019)
Co-Organizer and Facilitator, Basic Income Workshop, Basic Income Canada Network (February 12, 2018)
Other Website:
Academia:
https://utoronto.academia.edu/KourtneyKoebel
