Incentive pay for teachers improves student performance, finds a new study by Vicki Alger. The study, Teacher Incentive Pay that Works, examines several teacher incentive pay programs based on student performance in school systems around the world.

As Labour Day approaches, Canada’s biased labour relations laws are failing workers, restricting their choices, and potentially stunting job growth and investment, finds a new study by Hugh MacIntyre and Charles Lammam. The study, Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States, provides an empirical analysis of labour relations laws in the private sector for the 10 Canadian provinces, the Canadian federal government, and the 50 U.S. states.

Interest payments on government debt in Canada consume a sizeable share of government revenue, leaving less money for public priorities such as schools, hospitals, highways and lower taxes, finds a new study by Sean Speer, Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios, Hugh MacIntyre, and Feixue Ren. The study, The Cost of Government Debt in Canada, spotlights the growth of government debt in Canada since the 2008/09 recession, and the cost of interest payments on government debt.