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A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Labour Market Performance, 1989-2000

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2001

income, population, labour force, employment, unemployment, output and productivity. The second section looks at the common … trends in the two labour markets, including the concentration of employment growth in services and in managerial and …; the emergence of a participation rate gap; and greater self-employment and part-time employment growth in Canada. …

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An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries

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

This report’s objective is the construction of an index of labour market well-being that is capable of measuring the well-being that individuals in a given society at a given point in time can obtain through the labour market. Besides considering simply the average return from working, workers...

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The Attitudes of Canadians to Productivity: Balancing Standard of Living and Quality of Life

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

In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our standard of living and our quality of life is a powerful one for Canadians generally. The economic citizen who emerges from Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms...

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Why Are Americans More Productive Than Canadians?

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

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap and to offer an explanation of why Americans have been and continue to be, on average, more productive than Canadians. This focus on relative productivity levels is in contrast to the typical...

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Five Deaths a Day: Workplace Fatalities in Canada, 1993-2005

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

According to data collected by the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, 1,097 workplace fatalities were recorded in Canada in 2005, up from 758 in 1993. As Canadians work on average 230 days per year, this means that there were nearly five work-related deaths per work day in...

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Human Capital and Productivity in British Columbia

Murray, Alexander; Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2011

This report provides an assessment of human capital development in British Columbia. The province's performance is above average according to the majority of the indicators we analyze, relative to both the rest of Canada and other OECD countries. However, this does not mean that there is no room...

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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Primary Agriculture Sector

Avillez, Ricardo de - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2011

In contrast to the significant slowdown in aggregate productivity growth in Canada since 2000, the labour productivity performance of the primary agriculture sector has been strong. The objective of this study is to shed light on the factors behind the sector's success. This report provides an...

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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Food Manufacturing Subsector

Ross, Chris - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2011

This report analyzes labour productivity, multifactor productivity and input trends in Canadian food manufacturing since 1961, with a focus on the entire time period and developments since 2000. It is found that the subsector experienced labour productivity growth stronger than the business...

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Working Smarter: Education and Productivity

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

Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most conventional policy instrument of governments in pursuing these...

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Bad Translation or Double Standards? Productivity and Accountability Across the Private, Public and Voluntary Sectors

Stein, Janice - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency. Building on her analysis in The Cult of Efficiency, she argues that the language of efficiency, understood narrowly as cost-effectiveness, confronts distinctive problems when...

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