Arthur Sweetman

Teaching (2012-13)

ECON 2A03 - Economics of Labour Market Issues  (course outline in pdf)

        Text: Labour Market Economics (7th ed) by Benjamin, Gunderson, Lemieux and Riddell (McGraw-Hill Ryerson). Those wishing to prepare over the summer should start by reading chapters 11, 1, 2 (1st half), and 3 (yes, chapter 11 first).

ECON 4G03 - Econometrics II (course outline in pdf)

        Text: Introduction to Econometrics (3rd ed) by Stock and Watson (Pearson Addison Wesley). We will briefly review background material from earlier courses (selections from chapters 1 thru 9), and then focus on the second half of the book (chapters 10 thru 18, but omitting much of chapter 15 and all of chapter 16).

ECON 791- Advanced Topics in Health Economics

Teaching (2011-12):

ECON 791- Advanced Topics in Health Economics

ECON 3F03 (C01) - Methods of Inquiry in Economics (course outline in pdf)

Office Hours (Spring/Summer 2013):

By appointment

Curriculum Vitae: (pdf)

Research Interests: health economics, labour economics, microeconometrics

Recent Edited Books:

2012   Dynamic Negotiations: Teacher Labour Relations in Canadian Elementary and Secondary Education, eds. Sara Slinn and Arthur Sweetman (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press), 326 pages.

2010   Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment, eds. Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 344 pages. 

2010    Pursuing Higher Education in Canada: Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions, eds. Ross Finnie, Marc Frenette, Richard E. Mueller, and Arthur Sweetman (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 295 pages.

2009    Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics: Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up, eds. Arthur Sweetman and Jun Zhang (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 232 pages.

2009    Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics: Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform, eds. Arthur Sweetman and Jun Zhang (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 216 pages.

2008    Who Goes? Who Stays? What Matters? Accessing and Persisting in Post-Secondary Education in Canada, eds. Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller, Arthur Sweetman, and Alex Usher  (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 372 pages.

2007    Fulfilling Potential, Creating Success: Perspectives on Human Capital Development, eds. Garnett Picot, Ron Saunders, and Arthur Sweetman (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 269 pages.

2006    SARS in Context: Memory, History, Policy, eds. Jacalyn Duffin and Arthur Sweetman (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press; Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health and Society Series), 206 pages.

2006    Health Services Restructuring in Canada: New Evidence and New Directions, eds. Charles Beach, Richard Chaykowski, Sam Shortt, France St‑Hilaire, and Arthur Sweetman, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy Series), 378 pages.

Recent Publications in Refereed Journals and Books:

2011  "Skillnaden i sysselsattningsgapet mellan Kanada och Sverige" (with Garnett Picot), i Hojem Petter & Martin Adahal (red.), Kanadamodellen, Dar invandring leder till jobb, Stockholm: FORES, 2, 67-111.

(Published in Swedish. English version available at http://ftp.iza.org/pp25.pdf; more generally see www.iza.org.)

2011  "Canadian Immigration's Focus on the Highly Skilled, and its Interaction with the Postsecondary Education System" in Migration and Integration - Reflections on Our Common Future. Klaus J. Bade, Bernhard Lorentz and Ludger Pries (eds.). Leipzip, Germany: CEP Europaische Verlagsanstalt; 223-43.

2010  “Putting the evidence in evidence-based policy” (with Jeffrey Smith) in Strengthening Evidence-based Policy in the Australian Federation, Volume 1: Proceedings, (Australian) Productivity Commission, Canberra, 59-101. 

2010    “Immigrant Children in Elementary School: An International Perspective” in Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment, eds. Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 257-81.  (Manuscript handled by one of the other editors.)

2010    “How Far Does the Points System Stretch? The Spouses of Skilled Worker Principal Applicants” (with Casey Warman) in Canadian Immigration: Economic Evidence for a Dynamic Policy Environment, eds. Ted McDonald, Elizabeth Ruddick, Arthur Sweetman, and Christopher Worswick (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 183-207.  (Manuscript handled by one of the other editors.)

2010    “Dropping Out and Bouncing Back: New Evidence on High School Dynamics in Canada” (with Christine Laporte and Ross Finnie) in Pursuing Higher Education in Canada: Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions, eds. Ross Finnie, Marc Frenette, Richard E. Mueller, and Arthur Sweetman (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen's University Press, Queen's Policy Studies Series), 91-118. (Manuscript handled by non-author editors.)

2008    "First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada" (with Abdurrahman Aydemir) Research in Labor Economics, 27, 215-70.

2008    “Integration, Impact, and Responsibility: An Economic Perspective on Canadian Immigration Policy” (with Casey Warman) in Immigration and Integration in Canada in the Twenty‑first Century, eds. J. Biles, M. Burstein, and J. Frideres (Montreal and Kingston: McGill‑Queen’s University Press), 19-44.

2007    “The Role of Local Depositors in Controlling Expenses in Small-Scale Financial Intermediation: An Empirical Analysis” (with Aidan Hollis) Economica, 74(296): 713-35.

Other Recent Publications:

2012 “Immediate labour-force needs are just part of the immigration equation” Globe and Mail, op-ed, Apr. 19, 2012. 

2012  "Making It in Canada: Immigration Outcomes and Policies" (with Garnett Picot) IRPP Study No. 29, pp. 1-42. (www.irpp.org/pubs/IRPPstudy/IRPP_Study_no29.pdf, or more generally www.irpp.org)

2011   “Age, language are key to better outcomes for immigrants” Globe and Mail, op-ed, Thursday, Aug. 04, 2011.

2011  “Take the politics out of Employment Insurance” National Post, op-ed, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011

2010    “A New Source of Immigration: The Canadian Experience Class” (with Casey Warman), Policy Options politiques, 31 (7): 58-61.

2010    “Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Programs” (with Casey Warman), Canadian Issues / Thèmes Canadiens, Spring: 19-24.