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environment, infrastructure, governance and international cooperation in Canada. Key themes discussed include global and national …
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Investment is one of the main drivers of productivity growth, which is the key determinant of living standards in the … labour productivity, as was the case in the last 25 years. Weak labour productivity growth in BC would in turn translate into …
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This paper develops an Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) for the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Norway and Sweden for the period 1980 to 2001 which recognizes four components: Current effective per capita consumption flows; Net societal accumulation of stocks of...
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In this chapter, Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe provide an overview of trends in a number of dimensions of economic well-being (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, income equality, and economic security) from the lens of the Index of Economic Well-being, a new composite measure of economic...
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infrastructure, and certain improvements in the human capital area. …
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be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …
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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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the crucial, but often ignored, role of productivity in the maintenance of natural capital sustainability. Olewiler …
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In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However … ironically undermined the effectiveness and productivity of the public and voluntary sectors. She illustrates the perverse …
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In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …
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