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Investing in Aboriginal Education in Canada: An Economic Perspective
Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010
decades. In particular, Canada’s Aboriginal population could play a key role in mitigating the looming long-term labour … shortage caused by Canada’s aging population and low birth rate. We estimate that complete closure of both the education and …
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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
, stocks of wealth, economic equality and economic security) for Canada and the provinces for the 1981-2008 period. It finds …
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The State of Knowledge on the Role and Impact of Labour Market Information: A Survey of the Canadian Evidence
Murray, Alexander - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010
and impact of LMI in Canada, to assess the contribution of recent research to that knowledge, and to outline areas in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690317
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Social Divergence and Productivity: Making a Connection
Grafton, R. Quentin; Knowles, Stephen; Owen, P. Dorian - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising from the level of social diversity along a variety of dimensions, including ethnic, linguistic and religious differences and inequalities between rich and poor. Their basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650211
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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
Canada. In conjunction with the technical document, this companion guide will assist stakeholders in making informed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690315
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The Impact of the National Child Benefit Supplement on the Low Income Status of Canadian Families with Children: The SPSD/M Results
Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2002
Canada. According to the after-tax LICO, now the most widely reported measure of low income or poverty, the national poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005292734
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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 … argues that the elimination of the deficit has reduced risk premia and allowed the Bank of Canada to bring interest rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157589
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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 Canada, Fortin lays the blame for the inferior economic performance of the Canadian economy relative to the U ….S. economy squarely on the back of the Bank of Canada, and dismisses structural explanations of the recession as lacking an …
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Decline in Youth Participation in Canada in the 1990s: Structural or Cyclical?
Archambault, Richard; Grignon, Louis - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)
is essential to an overall understanding of the fall in labour force participation in the 1990s in Canada. In the fifth … labour force participation in Canada in the 1990s. They disaggregate the youth participation rate into three components: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157596
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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 …
distributional changes that have occurred in Canada in the 1990s as well as useful comparative perspectives both in terms of trends … income in Canada during the 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481815