The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David SlaterAndrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, 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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... Senior Citizens — A Major Canadian Achievement In order to appreciate what the Canadian retirement security system has achieved in reducing poverty among senior citizens , historical context is essential . However , data on the recent ...
... Senior Citizens — A Major Canadian Achievement In order to appreciate what the Canadian retirement security system has achieved in reducing poverty among senior citizens , historical context is essential . However , data on the recent ...
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... senior citizens in Canada over the last quarter century . If one goes a little further back in time and compares the outcomes of 1997 with those of 1961 , it is even clearer that poverty reduction among senior citizens has been one of ...
... senior citizens in Canada over the last quarter century . If one goes a little further back in time and compares the outcomes of 1997 with those of 1961 , it is even clearer that poverty reduction among senior citizens has been one of ...
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... senior citizens . We celebrate the fact that the incomes of elderly Canadians have grown faster than inflation and faster than the incomes of younger Canadians . We celebrate shrinking Gini coefficients ( among senior citizens ) as ...
... senior citizens . We celebrate the fact that the incomes of elderly Canadians have grown faster than inflation and faster than the incomes of younger Canadians . We celebrate shrinking Gini coefficients ( among senior citizens ) as ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David Slater Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Authors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, 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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