Session 1:
Friday, May 29, 1998 10:20-11:50 AM
What Explains the Gap in Canada-US Manufacturing Productivity Gap?
(session co-sponsored by the Canadian Association for Business Economics)
Chair: Denis Gauthier (Industry Canada)
Papers
Andrew Sharpe (CSLS) "Explanations of the Canada-US Manufacturing Productivity Gap"
Sunder Magun (Applied International Economics) "Productivity and Cost Performance: Canada Versus the United States"
Don Daly (York University), John Baldwin and Garnet Picot (Statistics Canada) "The Role of Small Business in the Persistence of the Canada-US Manufacturing Productivity Gap"
Discussants:
Rick Harris (Simon Fraser University and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)
Robert H. McGuckin (The Conference Board)
Session 2:
Friday, May 29, 1998 1:45-3:15 PM
What Is the Purchasing Power Parity Value of the Canadian Dollar?
Chair: David Slater (CSLS)
Papers
Katherine Kemp and Gaston Levesque (Statistics Canada) "Purchasing Power Parity Estimates for Canada and Implications for Volume Comparisons?"
Keir G.Armstrong (Carleton University) "What Impact Does the Choice of Formula Have on International Comparisons?"  (Size:273Kb)
Tables for this paper are in Adobe PDF format and downloadable Tables
Robert Hill (University of New South Wales) "Bilateral and Multilateral Estimates of the Relative Purchasing Power of the Canadian and US Dollars" (Size:264Kb)
Discussants:
John Murray (Bank of Canada)
Claude Lavoie (Finance Canada)
Session 3:
Saturday, May 30, 1998 1:45-3:15 PM
What Explains the Decline in Labour Force Participation in Canada? I
(session organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards and Human Resources Development Canada)
Chair: Andrew Sharpe
Papers
Louis Grignon and Richard Archambault (HDRC) "The Decline of the Youth Participation Rate: Structural or Cyclical?"
Thomas Lemieux (Université de Montréal) and Paul Beaudry (UBC) "The Evolution of the Female Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-94: A Cohort Analysis"
Note however, that this file does not include graphs. Readers interested in those should consult the french version of the paper available both in PDF and PS format that do include the graphs.
Pierre Fortin (UQAM) and Mario Fortin (Université de Sherbrooke) "The Determinants of the Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1967-96: Evidence from a Panel of Regions and Demographic Groups" (Size:105Kb)
Discussants:
David Green (UBC)
Allan Crawford (Bank of Canada)
Session 4:
Saturday, May 30, 1998 3:30-5:00 PM
What Explains the Decline in Labour Force Participation in Canada? II
(session organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards and Human Resources Development Canada)
Chair: Jean-Pierre Voyer (HDRC)
Papers
Irene Ip, Sheryl King and Genevieve Verdier (Bank of Canada) "Recent Patterns of Participation Rates: A Canada-US Comparison" (Size:785Kb)
Deborah Sunter (Statistics Canada) "Trends in Participation Rates: the Role of School, Retirement and Discouragement"
Benoit Robidoux and Bob Dugan (Finance Canada) "Demographic Shifts and Participation Rates"
Discussants:
John Lester (Wood Gundy)
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
Session 5:
Sunday, May 31, 1998 8:30-10:00 AM
What Is Happening to Economic Well-Being in North America?
Chair: Ian Stewart (CSLS)
Papers
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