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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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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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Convergence Across Provincial Economies in Canada: Trends, Drivers, and Implications

Capeluck, Evan - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2014

current state of provincial differences in twenty-five economic variables related to income, productivity, the labour market …

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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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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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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

be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …

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Working Smarter: Education and Productivity

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

concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … causal impact on productivity, as well as a more nuanced approach to policy in this area. In this chapter, Arthur Sweetman … the impact of education on earnings at the individual level and on productivity at the macroeconomic level, and on issues …

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