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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Page 105
... percentage point reduction in the statutory rate would reduce effective marginal rates in the broadly defined service sector by about two percentage points . Effective rates in manufactur- ing would drop by 1.7 percentage points ...
... percentage point reduction in the statutory rate would reduce effective marginal rates in the broadly defined service sector by about two percentage points . Effective rates in manufactur- ing would drop by 1.7 percentage points ...
Page 462
... percentage points , respectively , and for women 4.4 and 3.2 percentage points . Evidently , the shift is strongest in percentage terms in the two extreme earnings intervals . Second , the increased polarization for men occurs at both ...
... percentage points , respectively , and for women 4.4 and 3.2 percentage points . Evidently , the shift is strongest in percentage terms in the two extreme earnings intervals . Second , the increased polarization for men occurs at both ...
Page 473
... percentage points . The average probability of moving up is also substantially higher for men than for women - by 7.5 percentage points . The average probability of moving down is only slightly lower for men than for women by less than ...
... percentage points . The average probability of moving up is also substantially higher for men than for women - by 7.5 percentage points . The average probability of moving down is only slightly lower for men than for women by less than ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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