CSLS Sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association,
June 1-3, 2001, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Friday, June 1, 2001 10:30-12:00 AM	CSLS Session 1 International Perspectives on Poverty and Health Chair: Ian Stewart (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)  Papers:  Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) “International Trends in Poverty Intensity”  (98 Kb) Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) “Estimates of Relative and Absolute Poverty rates for the Working Population in Developed Countries”  (266 Kb) Shelly Phipps and Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) “A Comparison of Health Status of Lone Mothers and Children in Canada and Norway”  (131 Kb) Discussants:  Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University) Andrew Jackson (Canadian Council on Social Development)
Saturday, June 2,  10:30-12:00 AM	CSLS Session 2 The Development of Sustainability Indicators for Canada Chair: Gene Nyberg (National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy)  Papers:  Robert Smith and Claude Simard (Statistics Canada) “A Proposed Approach to Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators Based on Capital”  (77 Kb) Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) “The Development of Indicators for Human Capital Sustainability”  (85 Kb) Discussants:  Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) John Hartwick (Queen’s University) Tim Sargent (Finance Canada)
Saturday, June 2,  2:00-3:30 PM	CSLS Session 3 Productivity in the New Economy Chair: Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada)  Papers:  Andrew Sharpe and Leila Gharani (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) “Trend Productivity in the New Economy: a Survey”  (472 Kb) Tiff Macklem and James Yetman (Bank of Canada) “Productivity Growth and Prices in Canada: What Can We Learn From the U.S. Experience”  (274 Kb) John Baldwin and David Sabourin (Statistics Canada) “The Impact of the Adoption of Information and Communications Technology on Firm Productivity Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector”  (238 Kb) Discussants:  Pierre Fortin (UQAM) Pierre Mohnen (UQAM) Jorge Niosi (UQAM)
Sunday, June 3,  8:30-10:00 AM	CSLS-IRPP Session 4 The Linkages Between Economic Growth and Inequality I Chair: Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario)  Papers:  Rafael Gomez (LSE) and Noah Meltz (Natanya Academic College/University of Toronto) “The Zero Sum Illusion: Industrial Relations and Modern Economic Approaches to Growth and Income Distribution”  (112 Kb) Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) “Labour Supply and Inequality Trends in the United States and Elsewhere”  (262 Kb) Discussants:  Craig Riddell (UBC) Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
Sunday, June 3,  10:30-12:00 PM	CSLS-IRPP Session 5 The Linkages Between Economic Growth and Inequality II Chair: David Slater (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) Papers:  David Foot (University of Toronto) and Rafael Gomez (LSE) “Age Structure, Income Distribution and Economic Growth”  (103 Kb) 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”  (92 Kb) Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen’s University) “The Impact of Inequality on Productivity Growth in the Short and Long Term: a Synthesis”  (279 Kb) Discussants:  Chris Ragan (McGill University) Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario)