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ECON 380 v4: Public Finance/Expenditure
ECON 380: Public Finance/Expenditures discusses the basic economics tools required to evaluate government policies for expenditures on health care, public pensions, Employment Insurance, education, and social welfare programs.
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Required Readings
Canadian Institute for Health Information (n.d.). Health care cost drivers: The facts .
Landon, S., McMillan, M. L., Muralidharan, V., & Parsons, M. (2006). Does health-care spending crowd out other provincial government expenditures? Canadian Public Policy , 32 (2), 121–141.
Supplementary Reading
Palacios, M., Barua, B., & Ren, F. (2015). The price of public health care insurance 2015 edition. Fraser Research Bulletin .
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Required Readings
Wolfson, M., & Moore, K. (2010). On the replacement adequacy of Canada’s retirement income system estimates using Statistics Canada’s LifePaths microsimulation model . Paper prepared for the 31st general conference of The International Association of Research in Income and Wealth, St. Gallen, Switzerland, August 22-28, 2010.
Baker, M, & Milligan, K. (2009). The report of the expert panel on older workers: How should public pensions be improved? Canadian Public Policy , 35 (4), 493–498.
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Required Readings
Hoxby, C. M. (1996). Are efficiency and equity in school finance substitutes or complements? Journal of Economic Perspectives , 10 (4), 51–72.
Oreopoulus, P. (2006). The compelling effects of compulsory schooling: Evidence from Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics , 39 (1), 22–52.
Oreopoulus, P. (2007). Do dropouts drop out too soon? Wealth, health and happiness from compulsory schooling. Journal of Public Economics , 91 (11–12), 2213–2229.