Emeritus Professor
BA in Economics (City College of New York, United States)
MA in Economics (University of Chicago, United States)
PhD in Labour Economics (Cornell University, United States)
Gene Swimmer’s research has been in the forefront of Canadian public sector labor relations and collective bargaining for the past twenty five years.
My major research focus has been on the interaction of economics and politics that surround the relationships of governments and their employees, with an emphasis on process and outcomes of collective bargaining. Many studies have dealt with the ways that the Federal and Provincial governments have attempted to limit their employee compensation in periods of financial restraint.
Selected recent publications and funded research
The Ottawa Syndrome- The Localization of Federal Public Services in Canada” (with K. Graham), Canadian Public Administration, September 2009, pp. 417-437
“Federal Public Sector Labour Relations under the Liberals and Conservative Governments” (with T. Bartkiw), How Ottawa Spends 2007-08, B. Doern (ed.), McGill Queens University Press, pp. 200-219
Economic Analysis of Human Services Cost to 2031- Recommendations for Enhancing Human Services Planning in the Regional Municipality of York, (with Allan Maslove and Elaina Mack) Regional Municipality of York: Newmarket, ON, September 2010, pp. 1-97. (2007-2010 $75,000)
“The Future of Public Sector Unions in Canada,” (with T. Bartkiw), Journal of Labor Research, XXIV:579-595, 2003.
“Restructuring Federal Public Service Human Resources,” (with Sandra Bach), in Swimmer (ed.) Public Sector Labour Relations in an Era of Restraint and Restructuring, (Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 178-211.
Recent teaching
Quantitative Methods for Public Policy and Evaluation
PhD supervision
Timothy Bartkiw, “Manufacturing Descent? An Analysis of the Impact of Labour Law on Union Organizing Activities in Ontario,” September 2001 – August 2006
Award
The Gérard Dion Award from the Canadian Industrial Relations Association in recognition of the recipient’s outstanding contribution to the discipline (2004)