developing countries. It is found that this relationship is even stronger than that between economic growth and poverty reduction …, and about as important as that between GDP per capita growth and poverty reduction. It is also found that the level of … income inequality mediates the relationship between productivity growth and poverty reduction. The greater the level of …

Quebec’s relative growth performance with Ontario has always been an issue of concern for economic historians. In his …, employment and the demographic structure, and finds that faster growth in output per worker in Quebec was the most important … Ontario, up from 83 per cent in 1954. Faster growth in the working age population accounted for 35 per cent of the decline in …

running from social conditions and factors to productivity growth. <p> The objective of the second issue of the Review of …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the …

growth does not lead to greater happiness. In attempting to solve this puzzle, he canvasses three currents of thought in the …In this chapter, Joseph Heath argues that we tend to overestimate the contribution that further productivity growth … will make to the welfare of Canadians. Traditionally, productivity growth was thought to contribute to increased leisure …

. Previous literature and empirical work provides a strong consensus that growth reduces poverty, and several recent studies have … also found that the higher is income inequality within a country the more limited is the impact of growth on reducing … poverty. But in dynamic economies most economic growth comes from productivity growth, and few studies have tested the …

. One approach sees economic growth leading to environmental degradation by imposing stresses on limited natural resources …. Economic growth, once a certain level is achieved, leads to a cleaner environment as the higher income shifts societal …. In addition, it is argued that economic growth is increasingly service-based, decoupling pollution from economic activity …