Friday, January 26, 2001
8:00-9:00 AM |
Registration / Inscription,
Coffee and Muffins / Café et muffins |
| 9:00-9:20 AM |
Opening Session / Mot d’ouverture
Hugh Segal (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)Opening Remarks" |
| 9:20-12:00 AM |
Session / Séance 1 Trends in Inequality and
Growth in Canada / Inégalité et croissance: tendances au
Canada et aux Etats-Unis
Chair / Présidente: France St-Hilaire (Institute for Research
on Public Policy)
Papers:
Garnet Picot (Statistics Canada), Rene Morisette (Statistics
Canada) and John Myles (Florida State University) “Low Income Intensity During the 1990s: The Role of Economic Growth, Employment Earnings, and Social Transfers"
Charles Beach (Queen's University), Ross Finnie (Queen's
University and Statistics Canada) and David Gray (University of
Ottawa) “Earnings Instability of Women and Men in Canada: 1982-1997"
Jack Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute and University of Toronto) and Shay
Aba (C.D. Howe Institute) “Sharing
the Wealth from Growth: Comparing the Canadian and U.S. Experiences"
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Michael Baker (University of Toronto) Comments
Gordon Betcherman (World Bank) Comments
Michael Wolfson (Statistics Canada) Comments
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| 12:00-2:00 PM |
Lunch / Déjeuner (Laurier Room/Salon Laurier)
Luncheon Speaker / Conférencier invité:
Robert Frank (Cornell University) “Does Growing Inequality Harm
the Middle Class?"
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| 2:00-4:00 PM |
Session / Séance 2 The Theoretical Roots of
Growth-Inequality Linkages/Les liens inégalité-croissance:
les bases théoriques
Chair / Président: Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study
of Living Standards)
Papers:
Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen’s University) “On the Impact of Inequality on Productivity Growth: A Synthesis"
Peter Howitt (Brown University) and Philippe Aghion (Harvard
University) “Wage Inequality Between and Within Groups: A Schumpterian Perspective"
Morris Altman (University of Saskatchewan and Duke University) “Economic
Growth and Income Inequality: Implications of a Behavioral Model of Economic
Growth for Public Policy"
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) Comments
Marcel Boyer (Université de Montréal and
CIRANO) Comments
Lorne Carmichael (Queen's University) Comments |
| 4:00-4:15 PM |
Break / Pause-café |
| 4:15-5:45 PM |
Session / Séance 3 Demographics, Non-Working
Time, Inequality and Growth / Inegalité, croissance, démographie
et loisirs
Chair / Président: David Zussman (Public Policy Forum
and IRPP)
Papers:
David Foot (University of Toronto) and Rafael Gomez
(London School of Economics) “Age Structure, Income Distribution and Economic Growth
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) “Labour
Supply and Inequality Trends in the United States and Elsewhere
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Tim Sargent (Finance Canada) Comments
Pierre Fortin (UQAM) Comments
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| 6:00-7:00 |
Reception/Réception (cash bar/bar payant) (Laurier
Room/Salon Laurier) |
| 7:00 |
Dinner /Dîner (Laurier Room/Salon Laurier)
Speaker/Conférencier invité: Gary Burtless
(Brookings Institution) "Has Increased Inequality Fostered or Impeded Economic
Growth in the United States?" |
January 27
8:30-10:15 AM |
Session / Séance 4 Institutional Change and
Inequality/ Changement institutionel et inégalité
Chair / Président: Ian Stewart (Centre for the Study of
Living Standards)
Papers:
Larry Mishel and Jared Bernstein (Economic Policy Institute)
“Wage Inequality and the New Economy in the United States: Does IT-led Growth Lead to Wage
Inequality?"
Rafael Gomez (London School of Economics) and Noah Meltz
(University of Toronto and Netanya Academic College) “The
Zero Sum Illusion: Industrial Relations and Modern Economic Approaches
to Growth and Income Distribution"
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Michael Smith (McGill University) Comments
on paper by Larry Mishel and Jared Bernstein
Jean-Michel Cousineau (Université de Montréal) Comments |
| 10:15-10:30 AM |
Break / Pause-café |
| 10:30-12:00 PM |
Session / Séance 5 Technical Change, Inequality
and Economic Growth / Changement technologique, inégalité
et croissance
Chair / Présidente: Germaine Gibara (AWIO Management Inc.
and IRPP)
Papers:
Daron Acemoglu (MIT) “Technical
Change, Inequality and the Labour Market"
Paul Beaudry (UBC) and David Green (UBC) “Recent Technological
Progress and the Wage-Employment Trade-offs: Learning from the U.S. and
German Experiences”
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Thomas Lemieux (UBC) Comments
Gary Burtless (Brookings Institution) Comments |
| 12:00-1:45 PM |
Lunch/Déjeuner (Laurier Room/Salon Laurier)
Speaker/Conférencier invité: Pierre Fortin
(UQAM) “Can Monetary Policy Make a Difference for Economic Growth and Inequality?” |
| 1:45-3:15 PM |
Session / Séance 6 Public Policy, Inequality
and Growth / Politiques publiques, inégalité et croissance
Chair / Président: David Slater (Centre for the Study
of Living Standards)
Papers:
Roman Arjoua, Maxime Ladaique and Mark Pearson (OECD)
“Growth, Inequality
and Social Protection"
Mireille Laroche (Finance Canada) and Todd Mattina (Queen's
University) “Can
Fiscal Policy Lessen Earnings Inequality?"
Discussants / Commentateurs:
Andrew Jackson (Canadian Council on Social Development)Comments
Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) Comments
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| 3:15-3:30 PM |
Break / Pause-café |
| 3:30-4:55 PM |
Closing Panel / Panel de clôture: Policy Implications
of the Linkages Between Growth and Inequality / Les liens entre la croissance
économique et l’inégalité: implications pour les politiques
publiques
Chair / Président: Fred Gorbet (York University and IRPP)
Panelists / Panélistes:
Keith Banting (Queen's University) Comments
Tom Courchene (Queen's University and IRPP) Comments
John McCallum (Member of Parliament) Comments
Bill Watson (McGill University and IRPP) Comments |
| 4:55-5:00 PM |
Closing Remarks / Mots de la fin: Ian Stewart
(CSLS) |
