Arthur Sweetman
Professor, Economics

Prof. Arthur Sweetman is a leading researcher in health and labour economics.

At McMaster, he holds the following positions:
- Professor in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources
- Supporter of the Master in Public Policy (MPP) program
- Director of the Health Policy PhD program
- Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) in the Faculty of Health Sciences
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    • Government-Sponsored Training and Employment Programs: Actively Serving those Near a Basic Income Threshold in British Columbia.  71-94. 2023
    • The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration.  71-94. 2022
    • Brain gain and waste in Canada: Physicians and nurses by place of birth and training.  123-139. 2019
    • The Intergenerational transmission of educational and economic outcomes among immigrants to the United States and Canada.  169-200. 2018
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    • Immigration What About the Children and Grandchildren?Handbook of the Economics of International Migration. 1141-1193. 2015
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    • Policy Support for New Alzheimer's Treatments: Regulation and Taxation
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    • A living critical interpretive synthesis to yield a framework on the production and dissemination of living evidence syntheses for decision-making.Implementation Science.  19:67. 2024
    • A taxonomy of demand-driven questions for use by evidence producers, intermediaries and decision-makers: results from a cross-sectional surveyHealth Research Policy and Systems.  22:78. 2024
    • Impacts of COVID-19 on Physician Labour Market ActivitiesCanadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques.  50:243-255. 2024
    • The Trajectory of Agency-Employed Nurses in Ontario, Canada: A Longitudinal Analysis (2011–2021)Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice.  25:70-82. 2024
    • Long-term trends in the work hours of physicians in CanadaCANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL.  196:E369-E376. 2024
    • Matching the right study design to decision-maker questions: Results from a Delphi studyPLOS Global Public Health.  4:e0002752-e0002752. 2024
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    • Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of workCANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL.  195:E335-E340. 2023
    • Low-stakes standardized tests in British Columbia, Canada: system accountability and/or individual feedback?Education Economics.  31:145-165. 2023
    • Nursing Job Stability in Ontario: Comparing Long-Term-Care Homes with Other Health Care SectorsCanadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques.  49:94-118. 2023
    • Characterizing No-shows in the Omani Primary Healthcare SettingOman Medical Journal.  38:e457-e457. 2023
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    • The gender earnings gap in medicine: Evidence from CanadaHealth Policy.  126:1002-1009. 2022
    • Inequity in insurance coverage for prescription drugs in New Brunswick, CanadaCanadian Journal of Public Health.  113:504-518. 2022
    • Associations of health services utilization by prescription drug coverage and immigration category in Ontario, CanadaHealth Policy.  125:1311-1321. 2021
    • Unrecognized assets created by public-sector investments in health and social servicesJournal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management.  33:409-426. 2021
    • An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countriesCanadian Journal of Economics, The.  53:1365-1403. 2020
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    • Exploring the Results of the Ontario Home Care Minimum Wage ChangeHealthcare Policy.  16:95-110. 2020
    • Delisting eye examinations from public health insurance: Empirical evidence from Canada regarding impacts on patients and providersHealth Policy.  124:540-548. 2020
    • Socioeconomic differences in prescription drug supplemental coverage in Canada: A repeated cross-sectional studyHealth Policy.  124:252-260. 2020
    • Payment models in primary health care: A driver of the quantity and quality of medical laboratory utilizationHealth Economics.  28:1166-1178. 2019
    • Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-ImmigrantsCanadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques.  44:1-45. 2018
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    • Is There Evidence of an Information and Communication Technology Labour Shortage in the Canadian Labour Force Survey?Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques.  44:S1-S12. 2018
    • Blended capitation and incentives: Fee codes inside and outside the capitated basketJournal of Health Economics.  60:16-29. 2018
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