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A Survey of Indicators of Economic and Social Well-being

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 1999

In recent years, interest in aggregate or composite indicators of economic and social well-being at the community … provide a survey of the major indicators of economic and social well-being that have been developed at the national and … at the history of the social indicators movement, types of social indicators, purposes of social indicators, and noting …

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Deficit Elimination, Economic Performance and Social Progress in Canada in the 1990s

Drummond, Don - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Don Drummond makes the case that with large deficits there was little room for the Bank of Canada to reduce interest rates to stimulate the economy and generate revenues. It was imperative that the deficit be eliminated. Tax rates were already high so the government had no...

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Interest Rates, Unemployment and Inflation in the 1990s: The Canadian Experience

Fortin, Pierre - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Pierre Fortin provides a critique of the conduct of Canadian monetary policy in the 1990s, a critique that he developed throughout the decade. While not denying that the US economic slowdown in the early 1990s reduced growth in Canada, Fortin lays the blame for the inferior...

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The Economy Through Public Lens: Shifting Canadian Views of the Economy

Graves, Frank - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

considers the public's understanding of the relationship between economic and social well-being, and the linkages between the …

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Monetary Policy and the Economic Well-being of Canadians

Jenkins, Paul; O'Reilly, Brian - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Paul Jenkins and Brian O'Reilly survey the monetary policy developments in the 1990s, focusing on … links between monetary policy and the economic well-being of Canadians. The Bank of Canada economists do admit that tight …

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Social Capital, the Economy and Well-being

Helliwell, John - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

survey of the literature on the impact of social capital on both the economy or economic performance and well-being. This … surveys the literature on subjective well-being, pointing out that unemployment lowers subjective well-being by more than the …

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Needs and Wants: What is Social Progress and How Should it be Measured

Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Lars Osberg has the daunting task of examining the conceptual issues involved in defining and measuring social progress. As he highlights in his introduction, while much had been made of the fact that Canada in 2000 earned first place in the United Nations' Human Development...

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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 …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity, 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...

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Human Well-being and Economic Well-being: What Values Are Implicit in Current Indices?

Osberg, Lars; Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003

This paper develops an Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) for the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia …

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Trends in Economic Well-being in Canada in the 1990s

Osberg, Lars; Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe provide an overview of trends in a number of dimensions of economic well-being … (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, income equality, and economic security) from the lens of the Index of Economic Well-being, a … new composite measure of economic well-being developed by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. Osberg and Sharpe …

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