"Coffee is among the most common goods traded and consumed worldwide, and so omnipresent its popularity is often taken for granted. But even everyday habits have a history. When and why coffee become part of North American daily life is at the center of Coffee Nation. Using a wide range of...

Part I: Academic Realities and Institutional Contexts1. International Student Mobility to Canada and the United States: Historical Trends and Impacts on Higher Education. (Dr. Mirka Martel et al.).2. Do the Macro-level Support Areas of International Students at Canadian Polytechnics Affect their...

"What role does religion play in the tech industry? Based on nearly one hundred interviews, Divine Meets Digital uncovers the ways tech workers engage with religion and make sense of their work through religious and spiritual worldviews. While most identify as nonreligious, they are far from...

This paper analyzes the local economic impacts of troop deployments. We exploit variation from the historic large-scale US troop withdrawal from Germany triggered by the end of the Cold War, to estimate the effect on local labor markets and public finances. We use administrative data provided by...