@munirsquires

Assistant professor, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC

 Vancouver BC
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Joined May 2008
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When states in the US banned cousin marriage, it led to more people immigrating to the cities and changing into higher paying professions. More evidence for how kinship networks hold back development. 1/
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Cousin marriage effects health outcomes around the globe... Approximately 10% of all marriages globally are with someone you share genes! Prof @munirsquires and I discuss the health effects of cousin marriage, using US genealogical records! @UBC youtu.be/bSA_iunG4IY

Health Consequences of Cousin Marriage | Marginal Babble Ep.37 with Professor Munir Squires

Uncover the surprising truths behind cousin marriage and its global...

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UBC Economics@ubcVSE20 Oct 2025
#EconJobMarket candidate Bernardo B. Ribeiro's (@bbribeiro_22) job market paper examines how public housing affects intergenerational mobility, drawing evidence from a large-scale program in Brazil. Profile: bbribeiro.github.io
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UBC Economics@ubcVSE15 Oct 2025
#EconJobMarket candidate Spreeha Aggarwal’s (@AggarwalSpreeha) job market paper studies how changes in the demand for women’s domestic labour affect their marriage timing and outcomes in rural India. Profile: spreehaaggarwal.com/
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UBC Economics@ubcVSE15 Oct 2025
#EconJobMarket candidate Vibhu Pratyush's job market paper studies the effect of land ownership on intergenerational mobility in rural agrarian India. Profile: vibhupratyush.github.io
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UBC Economics@ubcVSE20 Oct 2025
#EconJobMarket candidate Sara Benetti’s job market paper studies the impact of early U.S. electrification on social cohesion between immigrant and native workers. Profile: sarabenetti.com/; Job Market Paper: sarabenetti.github.io/Benett…
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AEA Journals@AEAjournals7 Mar 2025
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Health Effects of Cousin Marriage: Evidence from US Genealogical Records" by Sam Il Myoung Hwang, Deaglan Jakob, and Munir Squires. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…

Health Effects of Cousin Marriage: Evidence from US Genealogical Records

(September 2025) - Cousin marriage rates are high in many countries today. While previous studies have documented increased risks of infant and child mortality, we provide the first estimate of the...

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UBC Economics@ubcVSE4 Dec 2024
Applications for our MA and PhD in Economics program are open until December 15th, 2024. Learn more at economics.ubc.ca/graduate/ad…
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Matt Lowe@hmmlowe14 Sep 2024
Prejudice is often rooted in misperceptions: that the outgroup are lazy, unpatriotic, etc. Our new field experiment asks: to reduce misperceptions, is it better to become close with one outgroup member (deep contact), or to have brief encounters with many (broad contact)?
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Many years later... my JMP is finally out! A thread. Ungated PDF: dropbox.com/scl/fi/ci0sixt2q…

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The Economic Journal@EJ_RES4 Jun 2024
Forthcoming in EJ: ‘Kinship taxation as an impediment to growth: Experimental evidence from Kenyan microenterprises’ by Munir Squires doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae025 @munirsquires @RoyalEconSoc @OUPEconomics #EconTwitter
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So, the business owners with the highest ability face the highest kinship tax rates. This seems to lead them to under-invest in their businesses. Relaxing credit constraints wouldn't help them.
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Thank you to my PhD advisors at LSE for their help many years ago @maitreesh @gharadbryan @GregFisch Also to the incredible team who helped with fieldwork - some of the best months of my life were spent travelling Garissa with you ❤️🙏
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