CLEF is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Best Young Researcher Paper Prize in labour economics, offered to the best paper written by a Canadian student or recent graduate.
First Prize: Abdelrahman Amer (University of Toronto) for “Monopsony in Space: Commuting and Labour Market Power”
Runner-ups: Sara Benetti (University of British Columbia) for “The Social Consequences of Technological Change: Evidence from U.S. Electrification and Immigrant Labour” and Pierre-Loup Beauregard (University of British Columbia) for “It’s About Time: Social Housing, Parental Labour Supply, and Long-term Child Outcomes”
Best Paper Prize Committee: Kelly Foley (University of Saskatchewan), Michael Baker (University of Toronto), and Fabian Lange (McGill University)