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Herbert Emery

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Job Title:

  • Professor
  • Svare Professor in Health Economics

Phone:

  • +1 (403) 220-5489

Office:

  • SS 420

Email:

Degrees:

  • 1989 - MA - Economics - University of British Columbia
  • 1988 - B.A. Honours - Economics - Queen's University
  • 1993 - Ph.D. - Economics - University of British Columbia

Curriculum Vitae:

About Me::

  • I received my BA (Honours) in economics from Queen's University in 1988 and my PhD in economics from the University of British Columbia in 1993. I have taught at the University of Calgary since 1993. I am the Svare Professor in Health Economics which is a joint appointment between the Department of Economics, and the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine.

Current Research::

  • # The Rise of Public Health Insurance Before 1930. # The Sustainability and Reform of Public Health Care in Canada # Western Canadian Economic Development.

Research Interests:

Ph. D.s:

Teaching:

Past Courses:

  • ECON339 - Canadian Economic Development
  • ECON611 - Independent Study
  • ECON611.55 - Applied Economic Policy I
  • ECON611.56 - Applied Economic Policy II
  • ECON679 - (Mdsc 679) Health Economics I

Working papers:

Representative Publications:
Journal Article
Emery, Herbert. ""Un-American" or Unnecessary? America's Rejection of compulsory government health insurance in the Progressive Era" Explorations in Economic History (to appear)
Emery, Herbert and Ferrer, Ana. "Marriage Market Imbalances and Labor Force Participation of Canadian Women" Review of Economics of the Household 7.1 (2009): 43-57
Emery, Herbert. "The Premier versus the Aristocrat: Francis Hincks, John G. Vansittart and Voters in the Oxford-General Election of 1851" Ontario History C.2 (2008): 60-86
Emery, Herbert and Kneebone, Ronald D. "Socialists, Populists, Resources and the Divergent Development of Alberta and Saskatchewan" Canadian Public Policy 34.4 (2008): 419-440
Emery, Herbert, Inwood, Kris and Thille , Henry. "Hecksher-Ohlin in Canada: New Estimates of Regional Wages and Land Prices" Australian Economic History Review 47.1 (2007): 22-48
Emery, Herbert. "From Defining Characteristic To Vitiation Of Principle: The History Of The IOOF’s Sick Benefit And Its Implications For Studying American Fraternalism" Social Science History 30.4 (2006): 479-500
Emery, Herbert, Di Matteo, Livio and English, Ryan. "Is it Better to Live in a Basement or an Attic? Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of a Union of Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba" Canadian Public Policy 32.2 (2006): 173-196
Emery, Herbert, Crutcher, Rodney A., Harrison, Alexandra and Wright, Howard. "Rates of Return to Investment in Skills Assessment and Residency Training of International Medical Graduates in Alberta" Health Policy 79.2-3 (2006): 165-174
Emery, Herbert and Coe, Patrick J. "The Dis-Integrating Canadian Labour Market? The Extent of the market Then and Now" Canadian Journal of Economics 37.4 (2004): 879-897
Emery, Herbert and Levitt, Clint. "Cost of Living, Real Wages and Real Incomes in Thirteen Canadian Cities, 1900-1950" Canadian Journal of Economics 35.1 (2002): 115-137
Emery, Herbert. "Risky Business? Nonactuarial Pricing Practices and the Financial Viability of Fraternal Sickness Insurers" Explorations in Economic History 33.2 (1996): 195-226
Emery, Herbert and McKenzie, Kenneth James. "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: An Option Value Approach to Evaluating the Government Subsidy of the CPR Mainline" Canadian Journal of Economics XXIX.2 (1996): 255-271
Book
Emery, Herbert, Norrie, Kenneth and Owram, Douglas. A History of the Canadian Economy, Fourth Edition Thomson-Nelson (2008)
Emery, Herbert and Emery, George. A Young Man's Benefit: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows And Sickness Insurance in the United States and Canada, 1860-1929 McGill-Queen''s University Press (1999)

Upcoming Seminars

  • Eugene Choo
    TBA
    11/25/2009 - 14:00
  • Gregor Smith
    Macroeconomic lessons from professional forecast surveys
    11/27/2009 - 14:00
  • Ana Ferrer
    TBA
    12/02/2009 - 14:00
  • Kelly Bedard
    TBA-Bedard
    02/05/2010 - 14:00