As owner of Jacobson Consulting Inc., Mr. Jacobson has over 30 years of experience as a consultant.  Selected projects are listed here .  Mr. Jacobson's CV is available here .

Industry Studies

Mr. Jacobson has substantial experience with the preparation of industry studies.  Mr. Jacobson has recently completed several research/policy papers for Industry Canada related to service sector and logistics issues. These involve substantial use of census employment data for Canada and the U.S. as well as input-output tables and other data.  In 2005, Mr. Jacobson completed a study on the structure of the retail sector that incorporated Labour Force Survey (LFS) analysis as well as Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) data. The latter study is available on Industry Canada's web site.    In 2005-6, Mr. Jacobson was involved in several studies for Industry Canada looking at the role of specific service-sector occupations in the industrial structure of Canada and the U.S. as well as purchased services in a number of countries.  One of the projects specifically focussed on the Logistics sector and its occupations.  In 2007, Mr. Jacobson finished work with Industry Canada on a study of the industrial design function in the economy.  In 2008, Mr. Jacobson completed data studies for the Retail Council of Canada and developed a methodology for estimating the contribution of aboriginal workers to GDP for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.  In 2009, Mr. Jacobson completed a study on knowledge-intensive activities in Canadian industries for Industry Canada.  For HRSDC and the Retail Council in 2009, Mr. Jacobson has been involved with a study on the workplace environment for retail along with the Innovative Research Group.  A statistical summary of this work is available here.

Health Care

In 2006, Mr. Jacobson completed studies on chronic disease issues for Health Canada.  He led a study on Aboriginal chronic care approaches.  He authored a study dealing specifically with Aboriginal diabetes. In 2007, Mr. Jacobson completed a study for Alberta Health and Wellness on measuring healthcare productivity. In 2007, Mr. Jacobson completed a study of the EI Illness benefit for HRSDC involving WES and Survey of Labour Income Dynamics (SLID) data. In 2008, Mr. Jacobson completed a literature and data review on chronic disease and disability trends for a consortium of rehabilitation hospitals in Toronto.  In 2008, he also completed a feasibility study of the cost benefit of COPD programs for the northern aboriginal population.  In 2008, Mr. Jacobson was involved as a subcontractor in a study for Health Canada on the impact of minority-language health initiatives. In 2009, Mr. Jacobson prepared a paper on strategic directions for the Toronto Central LHIN as well as a literature review paper paper on integrated health care. In 2009, as an associate with Informetrica Limited, Mr. Jacobson completed the first stage of a major economic cost of diabetes model for the Canadian Diabetes Association.

In earlier years, he completed reviews of chronic disease management issues and other strategic questions for a major complex continuing care facility in Toronto. Earlier health care projects include reviews of health care funding and sustainability for provincial governments, value for money and other topics. Mr. Jacobson owns copies of and has used PUMFs for various cycles of NPHS and the GSS.

Forecasting

At Informetrica Limited for the first 20 years of his career, Mr. Jacobson led the development of the major forecasting models. He has undertaken numerous employment forecasting studies, many for the Canadian Occupational Projection system (COPS) work at HRDC and its successor departments.  Some years ago, Mr. Jacobson completed a review of employment forecasting approaches for COPS.

Publications

Mr. Jacobson has published two articles on health care policy and insurance in Policy Options (August 2004, September 2005). One of his recent retail industry studies is available on the Strategis web site. Links to this material are available in the downloads section of the web site.