Derek Hum

Biographic Data

ID116493
NAMEDerek Hum
GIVEN NAMESDerek
FAMILY NAMEHum
SIGNATUREHUM D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Manitoba
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS54
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX4

  • The Declining Retirement Prospects of Immigrant Men

    Derek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Public Policy2010Cited by: 3

    We compare the retirement prospects of immigrant men with their native-born counterparts. Using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, we estimate a significant gap of 43 percent in private pension income and 30 percent in private pension contributions between immigrants and the native born. The gap in public pension incomes is negligible and reduces the overall pension gap, but only partially. Furthermore, the pension income and con…

  • Job-Related Training Activity by Immigrants to Canada

    Derek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Public Policy2003Cited by: 7

    The 1998 Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS) identifies immigrants for the first time and is used to compare the training experiences of immigrants and native-born Canadians. Previous Canadian research indicates that immigrants generally acquire less human capital after arrival than the native-born. Further, if foreign human capital has reduced value in the host labour market, training will be limited for older migrants. We find that train…

  • Selectivity and immigration in Canada

    Open AccessDerek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLEJournal of International…2002

  • Public Training Programs in Canada

    Open AccessDerek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Journal of Program…2002

    Canada has a history of training individuals for the labour market, and substantial research has accumulated concerning the effectiveness of training programs. There have been many evaluations of public training programs in Canada, both summative and formative, in the last two decades. What have we learned from these evaluations of training programs? What should we continue to do? What should we try to avoid? This article presents an assessment o…

  • Closing the wage gap

    Open AccessDerek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLEJournal of International…2000

  • Wage Opportunities for Visible Minorities in Canada

    Derek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Public Policy1999Cited by: 18References: 5

    The wage opportunities afforded different racial groups vary considerably. We present a new analysis of wage differentials for different visible minority groups in Canada which also accounts for immigration background, using the first wave of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. With the exception of Black men, we find no statistically significant wage disadvantage for visible minorities who are native born. It is primarily among immigrants …

  • The Emergence of Social Security in Canada

    Derek HumREVIEWCanadian Public Policy1998

    The Emergence of Social Security in Canada: Major Themes 2. The Colonial Inheritance 3. Saving for a Rainy Day: Social Security in Late-Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Canada 4. The First Stage of the Modern Era: Workers' Compensation in Ontario 5. The Social Impact of the First World War 6. The 1920s: No Priorities for Welfare 7. The Depression Decade: Cracking the Residual Mould 8. The Second World War: Catalyst for Social Securi…

  • Is Hypoinflation Good Policy

    Wayne Simpson, Norman Cameron et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1998Cited by: 3References: 2

    One argument against a policy to achieve absolute price stability is that workers resist pay cuts. We examine several Canadian microdata sources and corroborate earlier evidence of pay-cut resistance, particularly recently as inflation has approached zero. We then use data on industrial sectors to estimate that pay-cut resistance reduced employment growth by from 0.6 to 1.5 percent per annum from 1993 to 1995. We also estimate a model of wage set…

  • Canadians with Disabilities and the Labour Market

    Derek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Public Policy1996Cited by: 4

    The master file of the Labour Market Activity Survey is used to investigate the effect of disability on labour market activity. Our results indicate the importance of acknowledging the severity of disability, of distinguishing between men and women, and of distinguishing between earnings and hours of work when considering the labour market performance of Canadians with functional limitations. Employment policies directed toward Canadians with dis…

  • Whatever happened to Canada's guaranteed income project

    Open AccessDerek Hum, Wayne SimpsonARTICLECanadian Public Administration1993Cited by: 1

  • Income Maintenance, Work Effort, and the Canadian Mincome Experiment

    Michael Hoy, Derek Hum et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1992Cited by: 3

    This is the definitive analysis of the labour supply impacts of the Mincome experiment. It discusses the econometric methods needed to estimate labour supply elasticities in response to varying support levels and offset taxation

  • Income, Work and Marital Dissolution

    Derek Hum, Derek P J Hum et al.ARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…1992Cited by: 5

    Marital dissolutions occur for a variety of reasons. Among low income families, the added stress of inadequate earnings, intermittent job spells, and high unemployment may contribute to the decision to end a marriage. One approach to end poverty and marital instability is to give income assistance to the poor. At the same time, cash transfers might foster family breakups, intentionally or otherwise. For example, if the welfare system is designed …

  • Getting It Right

    Derek Hum, Thomas E KieransARTICLECanadian Public Policy1990

  • Social Policy in the 1990s

    Derek Hum, Thomas J CourcheneARTICLECanadian Public Policy1988

  • The Future of Social Welfare Systems in Canada and the United Kingdom

    Derek Hum, Shirley B SewardARTICLECanadian Public Policy1988Cited by: 2

  • Case Critical

    Derek Hum, Ben CarniolARTICLECanadian Public Policy1988Cited by: 3

  • Approaches to Economic Well-Being. Volume 26

    Derek Hum, David LaidlerARTICLECanadian Public Policy1987

  • Uisp and the Macdonald Commission

    Derek Hum, Derek P J HumARTICLECanadian Public Policy1986Cited by: 2

    Derek P. J. Hum, UISP and the Macdonald Commission: Reform and Restraint, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 12, Supplement: The Macdonald Report: Twelve Reviews / Le Rapport Macdonald: Douze Analyses (Feb., 1986), pp. 92-100

  • The Other Macdonald Report

    Derek Hum, Daniel Drache et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1986Cited by: 3

  • A Pension Primer / Guides des pensions

    Derek HumARTICLECanadian Public Policy1985

  • Experimental Social Programs and Analytic Methods

    Open AccessR B Greene, Alexander Basilevsky et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1985

  • Experimental Social Programs and Analytic Methods

    C V Brown, Alexander Basilevsky et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1985

  • Federalism and the Poor

    Constantine Kapsalis, Derek Hum et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1984

  • Do Minorities Participate in Canada's Old Age Security Programs? A Case Study of the Chinese

    Derek Hum, Ellen ChanARTICLECanadian Public Policy1980

    Derek Hum, Ellen Chan, Do Minorities Participate in Canada's Old Age Security Programs? A Case Study of the Chinese, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Autumn, 1980), pp. 642-647

  • The Emergence of Social Security in Canada

    Derek HumREVIEWCanadian Public Policy1980