The objective of this paper is to develop an index of economic weel-being for Canada for the period 1971 to 1997 using a framework originally laid out by Osberg (1985). Although the economic well-being of a society depends on the level of average consumption flows, aggregate accumulation of...

Ce document analyse l'experience canadienne actuelle des conseils sectoriels. Institutions lancees pour la premiere fois en 1982 et concue pour regrouper les interets des travailleurs et des employeurs afin de repondre aux besoins de developpement du capital humain du secteur.

The Raw1sian perspective on social policy pays particular attentionto the least advantaged members of society, but how should "the least advantaged" be identified? The concept of deprivation dominance operationalizes in part the Rawlsian evaluation of the welfare of the least advantaged members...