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 67
... workers with below - average earnings . For workers above the ceilings , although contributions are still a tax on employment , they act as lump - sum taxes , with no impact on the return to additional hours worked . Coupled with the ...
... workers with below - average earnings . For workers above the ceilings , although contributions are still a tax on employment , they act as lump - sum taxes , with no impact on the return to additional hours worked . Coupled with the ...
Page 457
... workers ( age 20-24 ) , younger workers ( age 25-34 ) , prime age workers ( age 35-54 ) , and older workers ( age 55-64 ) . This allows one to see how mobility patterns vary across the life cycle and how these dynamics vary over the ...
... workers ( age 20-24 ) , younger workers ( age 25-34 ) , prime age workers ( age 35-54 ) , and older workers ( age 55-64 ) . This allows one to see how mobility patterns vary across the life cycle and how these dynamics vary over the ...
Page 480
... workers and thereafter declines with age for both men and women . The average probability of moving down is highest for entry and older workers and lowest for prime age workers , again for both sexes . The average net probability of ...
... workers and thereafter declines with age for both men and women . The average probability of moving down is highest for entry and older workers and lowest for prime age workers , again for both sexes . The average net probability of ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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