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A Companion Guide to Analyzing and Projecting Occupational Trends

Achkar, Souleima El - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010

This report is intended to complement Future Labour Supply and Demand 101: A Guide to Analysing and Predicting Occupational Trends, a technical document commissioned by the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) Labour Market Information Working Group (LMIWG) with the aim of achieving greater...

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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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Social Capital, the Economy and Well-being

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

In this chapter, John Helliwell sets the scene for many of the papers that follow by providing an up-to-date and lucid survey of the literature on the impact of social capital on both the economy or economic performance and well-being. This latter term is closely related to the concept of social...

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Should Productivity Be a Social Priority?

Heath, Joseph - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

growth does not lead to greater happiness. In attempting to solve this puzzle, he canvasses three currents of thought in the …

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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

This report presents estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for a representative sample of Canadian households in 1999 and 2005. The results indicate that there was only modest growth in the average Canadian household’s total command over economic resources in...

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Cyclical Changes in Short-Run Earnings Mobility in Canada, 1982-1996

Beach, Charles M.; Finnie, Ross - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

in earnings mobility in Canada. Mobility analysis can be seen as a complement to the analysis of income distribution. For … a given degree of earnings inequality, more earnings mobility corresponds to securing greater labour market opportunity … earnings distribution into lower, middle and upper regions or earnings intervals based on median earnings levels for the …

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Education and Skills: An Assessment of Recent Canadian Experience

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

downward biased so that the causal effect of education on earnings may be higher than previously believed. Evidence suggests …

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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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An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries

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

earnings, as well as skills acquisition that affects future returns from working and the uncertainty surrounding these future …

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