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Literature Review of Frameworks for Macro-indicators

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2004

There has been an explosion of interest in recent years in Canada and other countries in macro-indicators and composite indexes of economic and social well-being. This reflects growing recognition of the important role macro-indicators can play as a tool for evaluating trends in and levels of...

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Measuring the Impact of Research on Well-being: A Survey of Indicators of Well-being

Sharpe, Andrew; Smith, Jeremy - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005

The main objective of this report is to conduct a survey and assessment of various indicators used by organizations, both in Canada and abroad, to measure attributes and the well-being of society at the economic, health, environmental, social, and cultural levels. The compilation includes a...

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A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2012

. Inequality was notably lower in Canada, with a Gini coefficient of 0.285 for equivalent LIMEW in 2005, compared to a US …

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The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being: Estimates for Canada, 1999 and 2005

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

household’s total command over economic resources in the six years between 1999 and 2005. Although inequality in economic well …

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Distributional Outcomes in Canada During the 1990s

Heisz, Andrew; Jackson, Andrew; Picot, Garnett - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

authors focus on four aspects of distribution outcomes: (1) earnings and income inequality; (2) the relative earnings of the …

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China’s Productivity Performance and its Impact on Poverty in the Transition Period

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

increasing income inequality, mostly between rural and urban areas but also within both rural and urban areas and across regions … results do not show that trends in inequality have a significant effect on poverty. However, the process of economic growth …, besides bringing the benefits of productivity increases, also brings structural adjustments that exacerbate income inequality …

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Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

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

also found that the higher is income inequality within a country the more limited is the impact of growth on reducing … relationships between productivity growth, poverty and inequality. The present study uses several sources of international data on … labour productivity, poverty and income inequality, and finds that across the developing countries for which data are …

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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

value judgment that inequality and insecurity do not matter, the paper demonstrates that a better measure of “command over …

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New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Selected OECD Countries, 1981 - 2007

Sharpe, Andrew; Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

recommendations of the recently released report from the Commission for the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress …

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Measuring Economic Security in Insecure Times: New Perspectives, New Events, and the Index of Economic Well-being

Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report has two main objectives. The first is to outline the development of the methodology for the measurement of … for the discussion and measurement of economic security during times as tumultuous as the present. Since 2008, the global …

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