- Professor
University of Calgary
Herbert Emery
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
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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.
Working Papers
#2011-02 - Should Income Transfers be Targeted or Universal? Insights from Public Pension Influences on Elderly Mortality in Canada
By Herbert Emery and Jesse Matheson
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#2008-23 - America’s Rejection of Compulsory Government Health Insurance in the Progressive Era and its Legacy for National Insurance Today
By Herbert Emery
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Publications
Book
- Emery, Herbert, Norrie, Kenneth and Owram, Douglas. A History of the Canadian Economy, Fourth Edition Toronto: Thomson-Nelson, 2008. Print.
- 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 Montreal: McGill-Queen''s University Press, 1999. Print.
Journal Article
- Boyce, John R. and Emery, Herbert. "Is a negative correlation between resource abundance and growth sufficient evidence that there is a `resource curse'?". Resources Policy 36 (to appear). Print.
- Emery, Herbert. ""Un-American" or Unnecessary? America's Rejection of compulsory government health insurance in the Progressive Era". Explorations in Economic History 47.1 (2010): 68-81. Print.
- Cara L. Brown and Emery, Herbert. "The Impact of Disability on Earnings and Labour Force Participation in Canada: Evidence from the 2001 PALS and from Canadian Case Law". Journal of Legal Economics 16.2 (2010): 19-59. Print.
- Ferrer, Ana and Emery, Herbert. "Marriage Market Imbalances and Labor Force Participation of Canadian Women". Review of Economics of the Household 7.1 (2009): 43-57. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Print.
- 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. Winner of the Harry Johnson Prize.. Print.
- Emery, Herbert. "Risky Business? Nonactuarial Pricing Practices and the Financial Viability of Fraternal Sickness Insurers". Explorations in Economic History 33.2 (1996): 195-226. Print.
Uncategorized
- Emery, Herbert. America’s Rejection of Compulsory Government Health Insurance in the Progressive Era and its Legacy for National Insurance Today 2008-23
- Emery, Herbert and Matheson, Jesse. Should Income Transfers be Targeted or Universal? Insights from Public Pension Influences on Elderly Mortality in Canada 2011-02
Curricula Vitae
Degrees
- 1989 - MA - Economics - University of British Columbia
- 1988 - B.A. Honours - Economics - Queen's University
- 1993 - Ph.D. - Economics - University of British Columbia
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Upcoming Seminars
- Trevor Tombe02/10/2012 - 15:00 - 16:30
- Jeremy Clark02/17/2012 - 15:00 - 16:30