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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All these taxes drive a similar wedge between the cost of labour to employers and the return to employment of workers . In some respects , however , payroll taxes seem likely to have effects not shared by other taxes on labour and are ...
All these taxes drive a similar wedge between the cost of labour to employers and the return to employment of workers . In some respects , however , payroll taxes seem likely to have effects not shared by other taxes on labour and are ...
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The strength of the cyclical effects , though , differs across age groups , with the strongest shifts generally occurring among entry and younger workers . Cyclical patterns in polarization rates and distributional shifts by age group ...
The strength of the cyclical effects , though , differs across age groups , with the strongest shifts generally occurring among entry and younger workers . Cyclical patterns in polarization rates and distributional shifts by age group ...
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Among males , it is the cyclical sensitivity of the earnings of workers at the lower end of the distribution which is driving the results . Among female workers , it is generally the upper end of the earnings distribution where the ...
Among males , it is the cyclical sensitivity of the earnings of workers at the lower end of the distribution which is driving the results . Among female workers , it is generally the upper end of the earnings distribution where the ...
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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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