Lennox Arthur Sweetman - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University
Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor, Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Healthcare systems and health economics research (RA)
Labour economics (RA)

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- Multiple jobholding and part-time work among nurses in long-term care homes compared to other healthcare sectors: Evidence from Ontario. Health Policy. 130:104713-104713. 2023
- Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of work. CMAJ. 195:E335-E340. 2023
- Low-stakes standardized tests in British Columbia, Canada: system accountability and/or individual feedback?. Education Economics. 31:145-165. 2023
- The gender earnings gap in medicine: Evidence from Canada. Health Policy. 126:1002-1009. 2022
- Inequity in insurance coverage for prescription drugs in New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 113:504-518. 2022
- Associations of health services utilization by prescription drug coverage and immigration category in Ontario, Canada. Health Policy. 125:1311-1321. 2021
- Unrecognized assets created by public-sector investments in health and social services. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. 33:409-426. 2021
- An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries. Canadian Journal of Economics. 53:1365-1403. 2020
- Foreword to the special issue. Canadian Journal of Economics. 53:1364-1364. 2020
- Exploring the Results of the Ontario Home Care Minimum Wage Change. Healthcare Policy. 16:95-110. 2020
- Delisting eye examinations from public health insurance: Empirical evidence from Canada regarding impacts on patients and providers. Health Policy. 124:540-548. 2020
- Socioeconomic differences in prescription drug supplemental coverage in Canada: A repeated cross-sectional study. Health Policy. 124:252-260. 2020
- Payment models in primary health care: A driver of the quantity and quality of medical laboratory utilization. Health Economics. 28:1166-1178. 2019
- Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 44:1-45. 2018
- Information and Communication Technology Talent: The Skills We Need—Framing the Issues. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 44:Siii-Six. 2018
- 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 basket. Journal of Health Economics. 60:16-29. 2018
- Measuring Physicians’ Incomes with a Focus on Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations. Healthcare Papers. 17:77-86. 2018
- Rates of inappropriate laboratory test utilization in Ontario. Clinical Biochemistry. 50:822-827. 2017
- Canada’s Immigration System: Lessons for Europe?. Intereconomics. 52:277-284. 2017
- Targeting Tax Relief at Youth Employment. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 42:415-430. 2016
- A Descriptive Study of Ontario Primary Care Models. CMAJ Open. 4:679-688. 2016
- Viewpoint: Estimating the causal effects of policies and programs. Canadian Journal of Economics. 49:871-905. 2016
- Mandatory universal drug plan, access to health care and health: Evidence from Canada. Journal of Health Economics. 44:80-96. 2015
- Occupational Regulation and Foreign Qualification Recognition: An Overview. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 41:S1-S13. 2015
- Regulated Health Professions: Outcomes by Place of Birth and Training. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 41:S98-S115. 2015
- The Portability of New Immigrants’ Human Capital: Language, Education, and Occupational Skills. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 41:S64-S79. 2015
- Immigration. Handbook of the Economics of International Migration. 1:1141-1193. 2015
- Former Temporary Foreign Workers and International Students as Sources of Permanent Immigration. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 40:392-407. 2014
- Optometry Services in Ontario: Supply- and Demand-Side Factors from 2011 to 2036. Healthcare Policy. 10:60-72. 2014
- The Impact of Placing Adolescent Males into Foster Care on Education, Income Assistance, and Convictions. Canadian Journal of Economics. 47:35-69. 2014
- Immigration: What About the Children and Grandchildren?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2014
- The quality of immigrant source country educational outcomes: Do they matter in the receiving country?. Labour Economics. 26:81-93. 2014
- Gender, family status and physician labour supply. Social Science and Medicine. 94:17-25. 2013
- Canada’s Immigration Selection System and Labour Market Outcomes. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 39:S141-S164. 2013
- Canada's immigration selection system and labour market outcomes. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 39. 2013
- Challenges and strategies for determining workforce requirements in plastic surgery. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 20:245-247. 2012
- Plastic surgery wait times in Ontario: A potential surrogate for workforce demand. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 20:229-232. 2012
- The Role of Local Depositors in Controlling Expenses in Small-Scale Financial Intermediation: An Empirical Analysis. Economica. 74:713-735. 2007
- The role of local depositors in controlling expenses in small-scale financial intermediation: An empirical analysis. Economica. 74:713-735. 2007
- Riding the third rail: The story of Ontario's Health Services Restructuring Commission, 1996-2000. Canadian Public Administration. 49:118-121. 2006
- Microfinance and Famine: The Irish Loan Funds during the Great Famine. World Development. 32:1509-1523. 2004
- Introduction to economic and urban issues in Canadian immigration policy. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 13:1-24. 2004
- Poverty dynamics: empirical evidence for Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics. 36:291-325. 2003
- Procyclical Skill Retooling and Equilibrium Search. Review of Economic Dynamics. 5:704-717. 2002
- Aboriginals as unwilling immigrants: Contact, assimilation and labour market outcomes. Journal of Population Economics. 15:331-355. 2002
- Immigrant earnings: age at immigration matters. Canadian Journal of Economics. 34:1066-1099. 2001
- The life-cycle of a microfinance institution: the Irish loan funds. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 46:291-311. 2001
- Vulnerable Seniors: Unions, Tenure, and Wages following Permanent Job Loss. Journal of Labor Economics. 17:671-693. 1999
- Education and Ethnicity in Canada: An Intergenerational Perspective. Journal of Human Resources. 34:668-668. 1999
- Education and ethnicity in canada an intergenerational perspective. Journal of Human Resources. 34:694-696. 1999
- Microcredit in Prefamine Ireland. Explorations in Economic History. 35:347-380. 1998
- Microcredit: What can we learn from the past?. World Development. 26:1875-1891. 1998
- Unemployment Insurance and Quits in Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics. 31:549-549. 1998
- Wage Loss Following Displacement: The Role of Union Coverage. ILR Review. 51:384-384. 1998
- Wage Loss following Displacement: The Role of Union Coverage. ILR Review. 51:384-400. 1998
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- The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration. 71-94. 2022
- Access and Expansion Post-Massification. 150-177. 2015
- The International Migration of Health Professionals. 75-97. 2013
conference paper
- First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada. Research in Labor Economics. 215-270. 2007
- Introduction to economic issues in epidemiology and public policy. SARS IN CONTEXT: MEMORY, HISTORY, POLICY. 129-145. 2006