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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
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    • Methodology Notes
  • Mincome
  • PRA INC.

Current Research and Working Papers

Current Working Papers

“Evaluating the basic income using experiments” Download

“Urban Reserve – Rationale and Development?” Download

“The intangible costs of workplace accidents”  Download

“Using contingent valuation to measure the economic costs of accidents” Download

Miscellaneous Papers

2011 “Clustered evaluations” Download

2010 (a) “A framework for measuring EMR benefits in primary and chronic disease management” Download

(b) “Health information technology as an intervention” Download

(c) “Small scale experiments: Options for employment programming”Download

2007 (a)  “Welfare wall, reservation wages and labour force attachment”Download

____   (b)  “Applying choice experiments to social policy design”Download

1989 “The Demographic Structure of Prairie Canada: a Micro Analysis” (with W. Simpson) for the Review of Demography and its Implications for Social and Economic Policy, Canada.

1986 (a) “Entrepreneurship and Demography” (with L. Mercer), University of Manitoba Research Ltd.

____   (b) “Longitudinal Designs for Housing Research,” I.S.E.R., May, for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

1985 (a) “The French Language Debate in Manitoba: Evidence from the Polls,” (Presented to the Canadian Association for Applied Social Research, Annual Meeting, Montreal).

____   (b) “Home Ownership and Low Income Families: Evidence from the MINCOME Experimental Data,” (Presented to the Canadian Economics Association, Annual Meetings, Montreal).

____   (c) “Manitoba Manufacturing, 1961 – 1984,” Prepared for the Department of Industry, Trade and Technology (Government of Manitoba), 73pp.

____   (d) “Political Attitudes of Western Canadians,” I.S.E.R. Profile on the West.

1984 (a) “Income, Expectations and Happiness: Some Preliminary Observations from the 1984 Winnipeg Area Study.”

____   (b) “The Manitoba Economy in 1985,” (Presented to the Western Business Outlook Conference, Conference Board of Canada, and to the Manitoba Economic, Regional and Industry Subcommittee of Cabinet).

____   (c) “Creative Municipal Management: Strategic Planning and Forecasting,” (Presented to the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities, Annual Meeting).

____   (d) “New Technology: What Strategy for the Prairies?,” (Presented to a conference of Labour Markets and the New Technology, Canadian Plains Research Institute).

____   (e) “Attitudes of the Manitoba Population Towards Education,” I.S.E.R. Profile on Manitoba.

____   (f) “Political Preferences of the Manitoba Population,” I.S.E.R. Profile on Manitoba.

____   (e) “The 1984 Election: A Retrospective Poll,” I.S.E.R. Profile on Manitoba.

____   (f) “Developments in Analyzing Longitudinal Data: A case study of the Mincome Data,” (Presented to the annual meeting of the Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Regina, Feb 10, 1984).

1983 (a) “Energy and the Homeowner,” Prepared for Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, 84 pp.

____   (b) “Attitudes of the Manitoba Population on Bilingualism Policies Proposed by the Provincial Government,” I.S.E.R. Profile on Manitoba.

____   (c) “Attitudes of the Manitoba Population on Nuclear Disarmament,” I.S.E.R. Profile on Manitoba.

____   (d) “Challenges to Education,” Prepared for the Department of Education, Government of Manitoba.

____   (e)  “Data Sources for Long Term Planning of the Winnipeg Economy,” Prepared for the Winnipeg Business Development Corporation.

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Latest Commentary

Inflation is bred to the bone

October 19, 2022 By Greg Mason

Financial Post, September 28, 2022 The current spike in inflation has its origin in the pandemic, which in one respect is good news: supply chains will eventually unclog and pent-up spending will abate, either because interest rates bite or financial markets force governments to pare back. Read more

Time for an adult conversation about taxes

September 21, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, September 2, 2022 Earlier this year while cleaning out some old files I found my property tax assessment from 1993. I  had just received my 2022 assessment, and my economist’s “spidy” sense tingled. This mental itch kicks in when we economists compare costs and prices over time – we automatically adjust for […]

To boost or not to boost?

August 14, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 2022 With apologies to The Clash, that iconic band from the 80s, “Darling you got to let me know, Should I vaxx or should I wait?” Let us be clear. I am a vaccine enthusiast. When the shingles vaccine became available, I was there in a flash. I get the […]

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) […]

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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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  • Inflation is bred to the bone
  • Time for an adult conversation about taxes
  • To boost or not to boost?
  • The search for the truth never ends
  • We need COVID measures we can trust

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