Needs-based capitation models have been suggested as an alternative to health-care funding methods based on historical utilization patterns. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) applied in conjunction with an age/gender adjustment is the most widely adopted measure of relative need. This paper...

Using a new survey of Canadian job searchers, this paper attempts to measure the effect of employment equity laws on job search outcomes, and on perceptions of discrimination by both men and women. We find some evidence that employment equity coverage in a pre-separation job reduces the relative...