The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David SlaterAndrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, David Walker Slater, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies, Centre for the Study of Living Standards McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 - 517 pages Each article in this collection addresses a particular field or issue in the discipline of economics and surveys the state of knowledge in this area in Canada, pointing out gaps in the knowledge base and directions for future research. Contributors include Richard Bird (University of Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's University), Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario), Pierre Fortin (University of Quebec at Montreal), Fred Gorbet (York University), Morley Gunderson (University of Toronto), John Helliwell (University of British Columbia), Peter Howitt (Brown University), Katie Macmillan (ITPC), Jack Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute), Ed Nuefeld, Charles Beach (Queen's University), Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University), Sylvia Ostry (University of Toronto), Jim Pesando (CPP-PG), Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia), John Sargent (Department of Finance), Tony Scott (University of Toronto), Michael Smart (University of Toronto), and Tom Wilson (University of Toronto). |
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Also , the probability of moving up generally declines as one moves from lower earnings levels to higher ones , while the probability of moving down changes remarkably little over the different regions of the distribution .
Also , the probability of moving up generally declines as one moves from lower earnings levels to higher ones , while the probability of moving down changes remarkably little over the different regions of the distribution .
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Table 9 : Net Responsiveness to Unemployment in the Average Summary Mobility Measures for Men and Women , 1982-1996 Men Women Average Mobility Marg . effect Elasticity ( 0.67 ) 0.096 0.024 0.344 0.34 ( 1.34 ) Avg . Prob . of Moving Up ...
Table 9 : Net Responsiveness to Unemployment in the Average Summary Mobility Measures for Men and Women , 1982-1996 Men Women Average Mobility Marg . effect Elasticity ( 0.67 ) 0.096 0.024 0.344 0.34 ( 1.34 ) Avg . Prob . of Moving Up ...
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The unemployment rate effect on the average net probability of moving up for women is only about a third that a of men . Fourth , it is found for men that the cyclical sensitivity of earnings mobility decreases monotonically with age ...
The unemployment rate effect on the average net probability of moving up for women is only about a third that a of men . Fourth , it is found for men that the cyclical sensitivity of earnings mobility decreases monotonically with age ...
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| Title | The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David Slater John Deutsch Institute Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Authors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, David Walker Slater, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies, Centre for the Study of Living Standards |
| Editors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0889119422, 9780889119420 |
| Length | 517 pages |
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