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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?

Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...

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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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Education and Skills: An Assessment of Recent Canadian Experience

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

The skills issue is currently at or near the top of the federal government’s policy agenda, given its importance for harnessing the benefits of technological advances. Policy initiatives in the area should be premised on an accurate assessment of Canada’s recent experience in education and...

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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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Aggregate Labour Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States: Definitions, Trends and Measurement Issues

Smith, Jeremy - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2004

measurement of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States. The paper examines all data sources for …

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Productivity Concepts, Trends And Prospects: An Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

discussion of productivity concepts, measurement issues, trends and prospects. He begins by noting that productivity is the … production. The measurement of productivity is fraught with conceptual and empirical issues, meaning that there can be a … particularly important measurement problems, namely the estimation of real output in the non-market sector where output is not …

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A Review of the Potential Impacts of the Métis Human Resources Development Agreements in Canada

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

Since 1999, thousands of Métis have received training and found employment through Métis Human Resources Development Agreements (MHRDAs). We estimate MHRDA activities’ annual fiscal impact, which includes higher tax revenue,lower government transfers, mostly in the form of EI and social...

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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

This report provides an assessment of human capital development in British Columbia. The province's performance is above average according to the majority of the indicators we analyze, relative to both the rest of Canada and other OECD countries. However, this does not mean that there is no room...

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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Primary Agriculture Sector

Avillez, Ricardo de - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2011

In contrast to the significant slowdown in aggregate productivity growth in Canada since 2000, the labour productivity performance of the primary agriculture sector has been strong. The objective of this study is to shed light on the factors behind the sector's success. This report provides an...

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