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The Linkages Between Productivity and Social Progress: An Introduction and Overview
Banting, Keith; Sharpe, Andrew; St-Hilaire, France - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social...
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Social Policy and Productivity: Anybody Here See Any Levers?
Watson, William - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees with Richard Harris' views on the state of our knowledge about the potential contribution of social programs to productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the...
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The Long View: Labour Productivity, Labour Income and Living Standards in Canada
Fisher, Tony; Hostland, Doug - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
, labour income and living standards in Canada. They find that, once the appropriate adjustments are made, the labour share and … the non-labour share (composed of profits, interest and investment income, and incorporated business income) in national … income tend to revert to their historical means over the 1926-2001 historical period, although divergences may last for …
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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?
Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...
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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey
Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita …
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