Joel Emes

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Senior Economist, Fraser Institute

Joel Emes is a Senior Economist, Addington Centre for Measurement, at the Fraser Institute. Joel started his career with the Fraser Institute and rejoined after a stint as a senior analyst, acting executive director and then senior advisor to British Columbia’s provincial government. Joel initiated and led several flagship projects in the areas of tax freedom and government performance, spending, debt, and unfunded liabilities. He supports many projects at the Institute in areas such as investment, equalization, school performance and fiscal policy. Joel holds a B.A. and an M.A. in economics from Simon Fraser University.

Recent Research by Joel Emes

An Alberta Dividend: The Key to Growing the Heritage Fund

— Jul 25, 2024

An Alberta Dividend: The Key to Growing the Heritage Fund is a new study that finds if Alberta's Heritage Fund were prioritized with specific fiscal rules and began paying dividends to Albertans, it would be worth between $35.8 billion and $38.7 billion by 2026/27–all while paying out between $2.9 billion to $5.5 billion in dividends to Albertans.

A New Fiscal Framework for British Columbia

— Jul 9, 2024

A New Fiscal Framework for British Columbia finds that the B.C. government should stop relying on volatile boom-and-bust resource revenues—like the Alberta government—and fundamentally change its fiscal approach.

Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2023

— May 23, 2024

Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools, 2023 ranks 689 public, Catholic, and independent schools based on eight academic indicators derived from provincewide test results, and, contrary to common misconceptions, the data suggests every school can improve regardless of type, location, and student characteristics.