Ronald Meng

Biographic Data

ID5046096
NAMERonald Meng
GIVEN NAMESRonald
FAMILY NAMEMeng
SIGNATUREMENG R
AFFILIATIONSCarleton University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX2

  • Minorities, Cognitive Skills and Incomes of Canadians

    Ross Finnie, Ronald MengARTICLECanadian Public Policy2002Cited by: 6

    This paper uses the Statistics Canada Survey of Literacy Skills in Daily Use (LSUDA) to investigate minority-white income differences and the role cognitive skills play in those patterns.Some minority groups have substantially lower (tested) levels of literacy and numeracy skills than whites and other more economically successful minorities, and in the case of certain male groups these differences play a significant role in explaining the observe…

  • Evidence on Grades and Grade Inflation at Ontario's Universities

    Paul M Anglin, Ronald MengARTICLECanadian Public Policy2000Cited by: 5References: 2

    Using information on first-year university grades from across Ontario, we examine whether or not there has been grade inflation by discipline. In a survey of seven universities for the periods 1973-74 and 1993-94, we find significant grade inflation in various Arts and Science programs. The rate of inflation is not uniform. Some subjects, such as Mathematics experienced little or no change in average grades at most universities, while English and…

  • Effects of Labor Legislation and Industry Characteristics on Union Coverage in Canada

    Felice Martinello, Ronald MengARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1992Cited by: 2References: 12

    The authors investigate the determinants of union coverage using 1986 cross-section data on Canadian workers. Larger firm size, larger establishment size, and higher injury rates increase the probability of union coverage. Industry concentration, import penetration, and the substitutability of labor do not affect coverage through their impact on the union-nonunion wage differential, but concentration increases the probability of coverage through …

  • The Valuation of Risk of Death in Public Sector Decision-Making

    Ronald Meng, Ronald A Meng et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1990References: 2

    The unavoidable trade-off between monetary expenditures and health and safety benefits means that the risk of death must be considered in a wide variety of public sector decisions. This paper argues that this consideration should be explicit and consistent across policy areas. The most conceptually valid approach to the valuation of benefits from reduced risk is to base estimates on the required compensation for exposure to risk. An empirical est…

  • Measuring the Benefits of Risk Reduction in Program Evaluations and Regulatory Impact Assessments

    Douglas A Smith, Ronald Meng et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Program…1989

    The risk of death is affected by a wide variety of public policies and regulations. This paper argues that societal willingness to pay for risk reduction should be used in a consistent manner when evaluating programs and regulations affecting the risk of death. We review the conceptual basis for using estimates of willingness to pay for risk reduction and provide new empirical estimates of these magnitudes based on Canadian data. The explicit and…

  • Employment and Import Penetration in the European Textile Industry

    Steven Langdon, Steven W Langdon et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Development…1983

    This study examines the effects that increasing imports of textiles have on employment in three selected European countries—the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. The countries were chosen because each respective government has adopted distinctive industrial policies towards the international trade of textiles. As we show, the most open economy (the Netherlands) benefits the greatest from trade. On the other hand, the most domestically …