Address: Department of Economics
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5
Canada
Tel: (204)474-9274 Fax: (204)474-7681
E-mail: simpson@ms.umanitoba.ca
Brief Work History: Head (1997-), Professor (1991- ), Associate Professor (1984-1991) and Assistant Professor (1979-84), Department of Economics, University of Manitoba; Labour Canada and Economic Council of Canada (1977-79); Ph.D. Economics, London School of Economics, 1977
Recent Academic Honours: John Vanderkamp Prize (Best article in Canadian Public Policy with Derek Hum), 1999; Fellow and Faculty Associate, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, Mass.); University of Manitoba Centre on Aging Research Fellowship, 1999-2000; University of Manitoba Certificate of Teaching Excellence, 1996; University of Manitoba Merit Award (Research), 1992; University of Manitoba Merit Award (Research and Service), 1991
Research - Selected Publications
Books/Monographs:
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1996) Maintaining a Competitive Workforce: Employer-Based Training in the Canadian Economy (Monograph Series on Education no.6). Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy
Simpson, Wayne (1992) Urban Structure and the Labour Market: Analysis of Worker Mobility, Commuting and Underemployment in Cities, Oxford University Press.
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1991) Income Maintenance, Work Effort and the Canadian Mincome Experiment. Ottawa: Economic Council of Canada.
Articles:
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (forthcoming) "What are Canadians Doing After School? An Analysis of Postschool Training Activity" in J. Gaskell and K. Rubenson (eds.) Educational Outcomes for the Canadian Workplace: New Frameworks for Policy and Research
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (forthcoming, 2002) "Selectivity and Immigration in Canada: A Research Note," Journal of International Migration and Integration
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) " Public Training Programs in Canada: A Meta-evaluation," Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, vol. 17, no. 1, 119-138
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "Disability Onset Among Aging Canadians: Evidence from Panel Data, " Canadian Journal on Aging, vol.21, no.1, 117-136
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "Adult Training in Canada: Snapshots from the Nineties," Education Quarterly Review, vol.8, no.2, 26-32
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "Do Immigrants Catch Up Economically?" Policy Options, vol.22, no.30, March, 47-50
Simpson, Wayne (2001) "Discussion of 'Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: A Critical Assessment and Some New Evidence for Canada' by Jean Farés and Thomas Lemieux'," in Price Stability and the Long-run Target for Monetary Policy, Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 40-48.
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2001) "A Guaranteed Annual Income? Mincome to the Millennium," Policy Options 22, January/February, 78-82
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2000) "Closing the Wage Gap: Economic Assimilation of Canadian Immigrants Reconsidered," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 1, no. 4, Fall, 427-441
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2000) "Not All Visible Minorities Face Labour Market Discrimination" Policy Options 21, December, 45-48.
Simpson, Wayne (2000) "Intermittent Work Activity and Earnings," Applied Economics 32, 1777-1786
Simpson, Wayne, and Sproule, Rob (2000) "The Production Responses of the Competitive Firm to Three Conventional Distributional Shifts: Towards an Integrated Perspective," Metroeconomica 51, no.2, May
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1999) "Wage Opportunities for Visible Minorities in Canada," Canadian Public Policy 25, no.3, pp.379-394
Simpson, Wayne; Cameron, Norman; and Hum, Derek (1998) "Is Hypoinflation Good Policy?" Canadian Public Policy 24, no.3, pp.291-308
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1996) "Canadians with Disabilities and the Labour Market?" Canadian Public Policy, vol. XXII, no.3, 285-299
Cameron, Norman; Hum, Derek; and Simpson, Wayne (1996) "Stylized facts and Stylized Illusions: Inflation and Productivity Revisited," Canadian Journal of Economics, vol.XXIX, no.1, 152-162
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1996) "Can Training Reduce Unemployment?" Policy Options 17, no.6, July/August, 59-64.
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1995) "Reducing Spending and Increasing Equity: How Far Can Refundable Tax Credits Take Us?", Canadian Public Administration, vol.38, no.4 (Winter), 598-612
Simpson, Wayne; Sproule, Robert; and Hum, Derek (1995) "Can the Sufficient Conditions Used to Sign the Global Effect of Risk Be Used to Sign the Marginal Effect?" Bulletin of Economic Research 47, no. 4, 305-319
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1994) "Labour Supply Estimation for Public Policy: A Survey of Econometric Refinements and Data Development, Journal of Economic Surveys 8 (January), 25 pages
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1993) "Whatever Happened to the Guaranteed Income Project in Canada?" Canadian Public Administration 36, no.3, 442-450
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1993) "Economic Response to a Guaranteed Annual Income: Experience from Canada and the United States," Journal of Labor Economics 11, no.1, part 2, S263-S296; also issued as discussion paper no.25, Centre for Labour and Social Policy, University of Trier (1991)
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1993) "Employment Equity and People with Disabilities: The Need for Separate Treatment," Policy Options 14, 30-32.
Simpson, Wayne, and Anne van der Veen (1992) "The Economics of Commuting and the Urban Labour Market: A Survey," Journal of Economic Surveys 6:1, 45-62
Simpson, Wayne (1990) "Starting Even? Job Mobility and the Wage Gap Between Young Single Males and Females," Applied Economics 22, June, 723-737.
Simpson, Wayne (1986) "Analysis of Part-time Pay in Canada, Canadian Journal of Economics 19, November, 798-807.
Simpson, Wayne (1986) "Unions, Industrial Concentration, and Wages: A Re-examination," Applied Economics 18, March, 305-17.
Simpson, Wayne (1985) "The Impact of Unions on the Structure of Canadian Wages: An Empirical Analysis with Microdata," Canadian Journal of Economics 18, February, 164-81.
Simpson, Wayne (1984) "An Econometric Analysis of Industrial Training in Canada," Journal of Human Resources 19, Fall, 435-51.
Simpson, Wayne, and Kapitany, Marilyn (1983) "The Off-farm Work Behaviour of Farm Operators," The American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65, November, 801-5
Recent Research Reports and Technical Papers:
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) Participation in Adult Training by Canadians in the 1990s: A Multivariate Analysis Using AETS Data, Series R-01-9-SE. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2001) "Analyzing the Economic Assimilation of Canadian Immigrants Using Panel Data," Working Paper 75F0002MIE - 01009, Income Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, October
Simpson, Wayne, and Sproule, Robert (1998) "Econometric Analysis of Canadian Self-Employment Using SLID," SLID Working Paper no.98-16, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, November
Hum, Derek, Wayne Simpson and Norman Cameron (1998) "Reducing Unemployment in an Era of Low Inflationary Expectations," paper presented at the Symposium of the Institut fur Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin, March 19-20
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1993) "Which Employers Train? Sectoral Evidence on Employer-Based Training in Canada," a study prepared for Labour Market and Policy Analysis, Strategic Policy and Planning, Employment and Immigration Canada, Ottawa, March.
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (1993) "The Economic Well-Being and Labour Market Activity of Persons with Disabilities in Canada," Employment Equity Data Program, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, May.
Hum, Derek; Simpson, Wayne; and Sabourin, Donald (1991) "Design Proposal for an Experimental Wage Subsidy Program," a study prepared for the Innovations Program, Employment and Immigration Canada, Ottawa, February.
Selected Research in Progress:
Sarma, Sisira, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "The human capital model of the demand for health: empirical findings from NPHS data," submitted to Health Economics, October
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "Immigrant Training Activity," Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration Research Grant, 2001-2002. Paper presented to the Canadian Employment Research Forum Conference on Immigration, Canadian Economics Association meetings, Calgary, May30-31. Paper submitted to the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, October
Hum, Derek, and Simpson, Wayne (2002) "Analysis of the Performance of Immigrant Wages Using Panel Data,"paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Panel Data, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany, July 5-6