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Merit-Aid and the Distribution of Entering Students Across Ontario Universities
Dooley, Martin D.; Payne, A. Abigail; Robb, A. Leslie - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
Tuition levels at Ontario universities have risen along with the value of merit-based entry scholarships provided by the nineteen institutions in this relatively closed system. We use data on entering students from 1994 through 2005 and find that merit awards have at most a small effect on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528455
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The Impact of ESL Funding Restrictions on Student Academic Achievement
Dooley, Martin; Furtado, Cesar - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
ESL instruction is an important issue in Canada due to the large number of immigrants and has potentially impacts on both student academic progress and educational expenditures. In 1999, the province of British Columbia limited funding for ESL to five years per student but increased the annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528459
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Immigrant Selection Systems and Occupational Outcomes of International Medical Graduates in Canada and the United States
McDonald, James Ted; Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2012
, we find that, in Canada where a point system has been in place, IMGs are less likely to be employed as physicians than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550449
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Population Change and the Requirements for Physicians: The Case of Ontario
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
The effects of population change on requirements for physicians in Ontario are studied. Principal findings are the … among categories of physicians. These findings suggest that the emphasis on population aging in policy discussions of future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763297
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Exploring the Effects of Population Change on the Costs of Physician Services
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
information about payments to physicians, by age and sex of patients. Using it, we derive age/cost profiles for 19 categories of … physicians. Adopting an index-theoretic framework, we then use the profiles to analyse the "pure" effects of population change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763330
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Population Change and the Requirements for Physicians: The Case of Ontario
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
The effects of population change on requirements for physicians in Ontario are studied. Principal findings are the … among categories of physicians. These findings suggest that the emphasis on population aging in policy discussions of future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763407
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Exploring the Effects of Population Change on the Costs of Physician Services
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
information about payments to physicians, by age and sex of patients. Using it, we derive age/cost profiles for 19 categories of … physicians. Adopting an index-theoretic framework, we then use the profiles to analyse the "pure" effects of population change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181121
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Professional Work in Health Care Organizations: The Structural Influences of Patients in French, Canadian and American Hospitals
Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn; Sainsaulieu, Ivan; Khokher, Patricia - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
Although there are several studies of the impact of employment of health professionals in large bureaucratic organizations, there has been significantly less research focused on the structural influence of patients on this relationship. In this paper we present comparative qualitative data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404387
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The determinants of the migration decisions of immigrant and non-immigrant physicians in Canada
McDonald, James Ted; Worswick, Christopher - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
the geographic mobility of immigrant and non-immigrant physicians who are already resident in Canada. We consider both … the migration decision of the characteristics of a married physician’s spouse. Our results indicate that the magnitude of … outflows is substantial and that the retention of immigrant physicians in rural areas and in some provinces will continue to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752702