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When working is not enough: food insecurity in the Canadian labour force by McIntyre, Lynn, Bartoo, Aaron C, Emery, JC Herbert

“…Food insecurity, lack of access to food due to financial constraints, is highly associated with poor health outcomes. Households dependent on social assistance…”
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Using an Engel Curve Approach to Infer Cost of Living Experienced by Canadian Households by EMERY, J. C. HERBERT, GUO, XIAOLIN

“…Les auteurs utilisent les données de l’Enquête sur les dépenses des ménages pour la période s’échelonnant de 1997 à 2015 et appliquent la méthode de la courbe…”
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Reduction of Food Insecurity among Low-Income Canadian Seniors as a Likely Impact of a Guaranteed Annual Income by Mcintyre, Lynn, Dutton, Daniel J, Kwok, Cynthia, Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…Canada has episodically discussed guaranteed annual income (GAI) as a poverty reduction strategy, and the idea has garnered renewed attention. We investigate…”
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Homeowner versus non-homeowner differences in household food insecurity in Canada by McIntyre, Lynn, Wu, Xiuyun, Fleisch, Valerie C., Emery, J. C. Herbert

“…The risk of food insecurity, lack of access to adequate food because of financial constraints, is low for homeowners relative to renters in Canada; yet it is…”
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Would Better Access to Preventive Care Reduce Use of Acute Care? Evidence from a Large-Scale Not-for-Profit Intervention in Alberta by EMERY, J.C. HERBERT, ZHENG, XIAOLI

“…Dans cet article, nous examinons un vaste programme sans but lucratif qui permet de réduire les coûts de services de soins préventifs de différents types et…”
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LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF NATURAL RESOURCE BOOMS FOR HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION by EMERY, J. C. HERBERT, FERRER, ANA, GREEN, DAVID

“…Tight labor markets driven by resource booms could increase the opportunity cost of schooling and crowd out human capital formation. For oil-producing…”
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Autism Research Funding Allocation: Can Economics Tell Us If We Have Got It Right? by Zwicker, Jennifer D., Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…There is a concern that the allocation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research funding may be misallocating resources, overemphasizing basic science at the…”
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Is a negative correlation between resource abundance and growth sufficient evidence that there is a “resource curse”? by Boyce, John R., Herbert Emery, J.C.

“…Evidence from cross-sectional growth regressions suggests that economies dependent on natural resource exports have had slower growth than resource scarce…”
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The Social Rate of Return to Investing in Character: An Economic Evaluation of Alberta’s Immigrant Access Fund Microloan Program by Emery, J. C. Herbert, Ferrer, Ana

“…Skilled immigrants have been identified as a key source of labour supply to address the expected labour market shortages in Canada arising from an aging…”
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Should income transfers be targeted or universal? Insights from public pension influences on elderly mortality in Canada, 1921-1966 by Emery, J.C. Herbert, Matheson, Jesse A.

“…We investigate the impact of Canada's means-tested and universal public pension programs on the mortality rates of age groups eligible for pension benefits for…”
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“Un-American” or unnecessary? America’s rejection of compulsory government health insurance in the Progressive Era by Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…Between 1915 and 1920, 18 U.S. states considered the introduction of compulsory health insurance. Progressive reformers expected state health insurance to be…”
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Accreditation Requirements and the Speed of Labour Market Adjustment in Canadian Building Trades by Coe, Patrick J., Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…Dans cet article, nous analysons l'influence des exigences liées aux programmes d'apprentissage sur la vitesse à laquelle s'adapte le marché du travail ; pour…”
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Evidence of the Association between Household Food Insecurity and Heating Cost Inflation in Canada, 1998-2001 by Emery, J. C. Herbert, Bartoo, Aaron C., Matheson, Jesse, Ferrer, Ana, Kirkpatrick, Sharon I., Tarasuk, Valerie, McIntyre, Lynn

“…Dans cet article, nous analysons différents aspects de l'augmentation de 5,3 points de pourcentage de la prévalence de l'insécurité alimentaire que l'on…”
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'natural' mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains derived from S288c affects the complex regulatory gene HAP1 (CYP1) by Gaisne, M, Becam, A.M, Verdiere, J, Herbert, C.J

“…The HAP1 gene encodes a complex transcriptional regulator of many genes involved in electron-transfer reactions and is essential in anaerobic or heme-depleted…”
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Legislated changes to federal pension income in Canada will adversely affect low income seniors' health by Emery, J.C. Herbert, Fleisch, Valerie C, McIntyre, Lynn

“…Abstract Objective This study uses a population health intervention modeling approach to project the impact of recent legislated increases in age eligibility…”
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Socialists, Populists, Resources, and the Divergent Development of Alberta and Saskatchewan by Emery, J. C. Herbert, Kneebone, Ronald D.

“…Quand gouvernement canadien, en 1905, a divisé un territoire pour créer les provinces de la Saskatchewan et de l'Alberta, il a fait en sorte que les deux…”
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Impact of a guaranteed annual income program on Canadian seniors’ physical, mental and functional health by McIntyre, Lynn, Kwok, Cynthia, Emery, J.C. Herbert, Dutton, Daniel J.

“…OBJECTIVE: Although there is widespread recognition that poverty is a key determinant of health, there has been less research on the impact of poverty…”
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Marriage market imbalances and labor force participation of Canadian women by Emery, J. C. Herbert, Ferrer, Ana

“…Several studies find a negative correlation between the ratio of males to females and measures of female labor supply in the US. This negative correlation has…”
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A natural experimental study of the protective effect of home ownership on household food insecurity in Canada before and after a recession (2008–2009) by McIntyre, Lynn, Wu, Xiuyun, Kwok, Cynthia, Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…OBJECTIVES: Home ownership as opposed to renting is associated with lower rates of food insecurity, the latter being a marker of household economic deprivation…”
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Drinking Water Fluoridation and Oral Health Inequities in Canadian Children by McLaren, Lindsay, Emery, J.C. Herbert

“…Objectives: One argument made in favour of drinking water fluoridation is that it is equitable in its impact on oral health. We examined the association…”
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