Serena Canaan

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Simon Fraser University

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Serena Canaan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University.

She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016. Her research interests include economics of education, labor and family economics. Her work focuses on topics such as the returns to quality of higher education, school tracking, the gender gap in STEM education, and the costs of parental leave programs for households and firms.

Serena Canaan joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in June 2019.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15469
Keep Me In, Coach: The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Targeted Academic Coaching
Serena Canaan, Stefanie Fischer, Pierre Mouganie, Geoffrey C. Schnorr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15206
Does Religious Diversity Improve Trust and Performance? Evidence from Lebanon
Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb, Pierre Mouganie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15129
Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave: Evidence on the Economic Impact of Legislative Changes in High Income Countries
Serena Canaan, Anne Sophie Lassen, Philip Rosenbaum, Herdis Steingrimsdottir
forthcoming in: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15039
The Long-Run Educational Benefits of High-Achieving Classrooms
Serena Canaan, Pierre Mouganie, Peng Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12870
Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers?
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Serena Canaan, Nikolaj Harmon, Heather Royer
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42 (4), 1135–1174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12739
Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors
Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb, Pierre Mouganie
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 14 (4), 151–191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12420
Parental Leave, Household Specialization and Children's Well-Being
Serena Canaan
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12419
The Long-Run Effects of Reducing Early School Tracking
Serena Canaan
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, 104206
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12415
Female Science Advisors and the STEM Gender Gap
Serena Canaan, Pierre Mouganie
published as 'The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’ STEM Enrollment and Persistence' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 593-632
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