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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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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 …

standard of living and our quality of life is a powerful one for Canadians generally. The economic citizen who emerges from … productivity is qualified by a commitment to a broader sense of the quality of life. Graves and Jenkins report that Canadians place … considerably higher emphasis on quality of life as a goal as compared with a high standard of living when these are traded off …

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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

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality, and economic security) for 14 OECD countries for the 1980-2007 period. It finds that in 2007 Norway had the highest level of economic...

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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 economic security in the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and to provide updated estimates of the Index of Economic Security over the 1980-2007 period for seven developed...

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The Economic Crises Through the Lens of Economic Well-being

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

This report looks at how the economic crisis has unfolded in Canada and what will be the impacts on economic wellbeing. The shortfall is estimated to be approximately $12,000 ($2007) per capita. In other words, given no economic crisis, GDP per capita in Canada would have likely been $1,736...

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New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981 - 2008

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

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality and economic security) for Canada and the provinces for the 1981-2008 period. It finds that the IEWB advanced at a 1.20 per cent average...

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Living Standards Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing

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

This paper, which represents the living standards domain of the new Canadian Index of Wellbeing, provides a comprehensive overview of trends in a number of indicators of living standards over the 1981-2008 period in Canada. Part one examines trends in average and median income and wealth...

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Should Productivity Be a Social Priority?

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

In this chapter, Joseph Heath argues that we tend to overestimate the contribution that further productivity growth will make to the welfare of Canadians. Traditionally, productivity growth was thought to contribute to increased leisure time, greater consumer satisfaction, the elimination of...

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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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