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Working Smarter: Education and Productivity

Sweetman, Arthur - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … achieved through a better understanding of the relationship between the skills developed through formal education and their … points out, "the issue is not whether education has benefits but, rather, the magnitude of its 'true' benefits, the benefits …

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The Potential Contribution of Aboriginal Canadians to Labour Force, Employment, Productivity and Output Growth in Canada, 2001-2017

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-Francois; Lapointe, Simon - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2007

Investing in disadvantaged young people is one of the rare public policies with no equity-efficiency tradeoff. This report estimates the potential benefit for the Canadian economy of increasing the educational attainment level of Aboriginal Canadians. We find that increasing the number of...

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Investing in Aboriginal Education in Canada: An Economic Perspective

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010

the economic impacts of improving levels of Aboriginal education. Improving the social and economic well-being of the … shortage caused by Canada’s aging population and low birth rate. We estimate that complete closure of both the education and …

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The Effect of Increasing Aboriginal Educational Attainment on the Labour Force, Output and the Fiscal Balance

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François; Cowan, Fraser - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

Investing in disadvantaged young people is one of the rare public policies with no equity-efficiency tradeoff. Based on the methodology developed in Sharpe, Arsenault and Lapointe (2007), we estimate the effect of increasing the educational attainment level of Aboriginal Canadians on labour...

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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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Social Divergence and Productivity: Making a Connection

Grafton, R. Quentin; Knowles, Stephen; Owen, P. Dorian - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising from the level of social diversity along a variety of dimensions, including ethnic, linguistic and religious differences and inequalities between rich and poor. Their basic...

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Lessons for Canada from International Productivity Experience

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2006

The objective of this report is to develop a more comprehensive understanding, from a policy perspective, of key drivers of labour productivity in selected OECD countries and their impact on enhanced productivity performance. The report is divided into three major parts. The first part will...

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Education and Skills: An Assessment of Recent Canadian Experience

Riddell, W. Craig - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

Canada’s recent experience in education and skill formation. In his paper, W. Craig Riddell attempts such an assessment. He … provides a careful examination of trends in education expenditures and outcomes in Canada compared to other countries, looks at … trends in the incidence of education, and analyzes the link between education and labour market success. Riddell’s overall …

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