Showing 1 - 10 of 23
In this chapter, John Helliwell sets the scene for many of the papers that follow by providing an up-to-date and lucid survey of the literature on the impact of social capital on both the economy or economic performance and well-being. This latter term is closely related to the concept of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481817
In this chapter, Frank Graves examines the relationship between what he describes as the "official economy," as portrayed by conventional measures of economic performance, and public perceptions of the state of the economy. He also considers the public's understanding of the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157591
Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518911
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518914
In this chapter, Miles Corak provides a useful overview of the state of knowledge on the issue of child poverty and most importantly reveals the complexity of the factors at play and the important gaps in our understanding of the underlying causes and effects. Corak finds that, except for those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518915
in earnings mobility in Canada. Mobility analysis can be seen as a complement to the analysis of income distribution. For …. Using longitudinal income-tax-based data, the authors divide the employed population into eight age/sex groups: entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518922
accounting for the income gap with the United States and other countries. The fourth section discusses what strategies need to be … capita. Attaining this objective would certainly give Canadians the opportunity to have the same level of per capita income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518932
authors focus on four aspects of distribution outcomes: (1) earnings and income inequality; (2) the relative earnings of the … income in Canada during the 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481815
, labour income and living standards in Canada. They find that, once the appropriate adjustments are made, the labour share and … the non-labour share (composed of profits, interest and investment income, and incorporated business income) in national … income tend to revert to their historical means over the 1926-2001 historical period, although divergences may last for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481819
poverty line measured as one-half median equivalent income after taxes and transfers, for households headed by a person 65 or … over fell from 28.4 per cent in 1973 to 5.4 per cent in 1997, while the poverty gap or income shortfall below the poverty … tax and transfer income are much higher and show no downward trend. Osberg attributes the difference between the before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481823