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Gregory C. Mason

Research and teaching in public-policy

  • Publications
    • Agricultural Commentary
    • Articles (academic)
    • Chapters in Books
    • Current Research and Working Papers
    • Book Reviews
    • Technical Reports & Monographs
    • Workshops & Presentations
  • Guiding the Invisible Hand
  • Teaching
    • Resources for students
    • Economic Analytics Using Computer Methods
  • ISER
  • Economic Analytics
    • Methodology Notes
  • Mincome
  • PRA INC.

Technical Reports/Monographs

2017 The economic costs of workplace injuries to workers and their carers Vol 1 (Main report). (Read)

—— The economic costs of workplace injuries to workers and their carers Vol 2 (Technical appendices) (Read)

2012 Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Evidence-Informed Primary Care: A Micro-simulation Analysis of Cancer Screening and Diabetes Management: Final Report (Read)

2008 Laboratory and field experiments in Economics: Survey and assessment of their potential for policy analysis.  Prepared for Human resources and Development Canada. (Read)

2009 Prairie Agriculture at the Crossroads: time for a new policy, Canada West Foundation,  (February) Read

1995 Housing a Diverse Society: Accessibility and Affordability Issues for Canada (Prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) Read

1994 Program Evaluation Methods, Treasury Board of Canada, 1993.

1980 The contractual basis or quality assurance: the case of funding external agencies to government (Read)

1985 (a)Transitions to Work, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba, (Editor), 278 pp.

____  (b) Survey of Canadian Manufacturing, (with L. Mercer), Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba, 352 pp.

1983 (a)Survey Research Manual, Monograph , Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba (With B. McPherson, D. Hum, L. Roberts and A. Anderson).

 ____  (b)Monetarism: Panacea or Perfidy? Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba (Editor).

 ____  (c)Macroeconomic Policy: Theory, Policy and Evidence, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba (Editor).

 ____  (d) Wage and Price Control, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Manitoba (Editor).

____  (e) Survey of Methodology and Preliminary Estimates of Fiscal Incidence Associated with the Diversion of Traffic from Rail to Road in Manitoba (Prepared for the Economic Council of Canada) Download

1981 (a) Applied Economic Forecasting for Energy Demand (Prepared for Manitoba Hydro), 220 pp.

____  (b) Synthesis of Origin – Destination Matrices from Routinely Observed Link-Flow Data, (Prepared for the Department of Highways and Transportation, Government of Manitoba), 53 pp. (Read)

 1978 Energy and Manitoba Manufacturing, Economic Development Advisory Board, Government of Manitoba, 160 pp.Read

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Latest Commentary

The search for the truth never ends

May 31, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, May 30, 2022 Tributes to David Milgaard all highlight the strength of an individual who persevered through more that two decades of imprisonment for a murder he never committed. His mother Joyce Milgaard, Lloyd Axworthy, and the lawyer who believed his story, Hersch Wolch, deserve recognition for their efforts in righting a […]

We need COVID measures we can trust

April 14, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, April 8, 2022 It is curious that the only recent indicator I have seen that COVID-19 still stalks us is that Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt of the Winnipeg Jets were placed in virus protocol last week. I do not know what Canada’s self-styled virologists in chief (Stefanson, Kenney, Ford et al) […]

Time to rethink vaccine strategy

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

December 13, 2021 Omicron is on the prowl. While early indications are that it does not cause serious illness, it is very infectious. The current approach to enforcing vaccination mandates will not probably get us to 90-per-cent-plus of everyone over six being fully vaccinated, which is probably the level needed manage this disease. (Read more…)

Time to examine treaty annuities and the land

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

Sheilla Jone, Wayne Helgason, and Gregory Mason Winnipeg Free Press, December 29, 2021 The November Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that the Crown violated Robinson Treaty terms by failing to increase annuity payments highlights the necessity of understanding the link between annuities and the land as a step toward reconciliation. Because without reconciliation, Canada risks […]

Online learning is here to stay

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, August 9, 2021 Fill in the blank. Virtual learning is to live learning as phone sex is to ______ sex. There you have it … a question from the 2021 Mensa test.(Read full Article)

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About

Specializing in economic policy, the basic annual income, health economics, and Indigenous economics, Greg joined the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba in 1974. Recently he has written on the economics of COVID, telemedicine, electronic health records, the modern annuity, and urban reserves.

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  • The search for the truth never ends
  • We need COVID measures we can trust
  • Time to rethink vaccine strategy
  • Time to examine treaty annuities and the land
  • Online learning is here to stay

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