reduce the double-taxation of saving. The main elements of public policy related to pensions in Canada cover these pillars …-pillar metaphor is still a fruitful perspective because it facilitates constructive responses to the pressures confronting Canada … policy”. Based on his examination of Canada’s pension and health-care systems, Robson makes a number of recommendations …

The living standards in Canada, defined as real GDP per capita, declined relative to those in the United States in the … living standards. Sharpe first examines trends in and determinants of living standards in Canada. He finds that over the 1946 … labour productivity 16 per cent below the US level, Canada has the potential to reduce much of the productivity gap with the …

about the lightness of zero-inflation optimism. Evidence across industrial counties and over time for Canada is first shown …. Unfortunately, the prospects of reconciling the objectives of price stability and full employment in Canada do not look promising …. <P> Les responsables de la politique économique au Canada sont présentement d'avis que les avantages de la stabilité …

Canada has now almost eliminated inflation, but it is still struggling with a slow productivity growth, high and … with the U.S. dollar. <P> Maintenant presque débarassé de l'inflation, le Canada est encore aux prises avec un progès très …

The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a …

The paper attempts to identify the proximate and ultimate causes of Canada's rising external deficit and debt. Over the … Canada. A court terme (1985-1992),les causes immédiates du phénomène ont été le revirement des termes d'échange contre les …

The economic slowdown of 2001 reduced productivity growth in both the United States and Canada. This development has …-2000 period in the United States and the likelihood of robust U.S. productivity growth spreading to Canada. In this article …, Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards compares productivity trends in the United States and Canada …

In this introduction, Andrew Sharpe provides the context for the Symposium on Future Productivity Growth in Canada, a … the symposium reach a consensus of 2 per cent per year labour productivity growth in Canada over the next 25 years, there …

Since 2000, business sector labour productivity growth in Canada has averaged 0.95 per cent, 0.60 percentage points … has continued to be robust beyond 2000, averaging 2.60 per cent per year. This article argues that Canada’s weak …. Moreover, most of the increased Canada-US productivity growth gap since 2000 relates to developments south of the 49th parallel …