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Invitational Preconference for the IRPP-CSLS Project on Economic Growth and Inequality,
Renaissance Hotel du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, November 3-4, 2000
Program
Friday, November 3
12:00-1:00 PM |
Buffet Lunch |
| 1:00-1:15 PM |
Opening Remarks
Hugh Segal (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
France St-Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Pierre Fortin (UQAM)
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| 1:15-3:15 PM |
Session 1 Trends in Economic Growth and Inequality
Chair: Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Papers:
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Garnet Picot (Statistics Canada), Rene Morisette (Statistics
Canada) and John Myles (Statistics Canada) "Low Income Intensity
in Canada, 1980-98: The Role of Employment, Earnings and Transfers"
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WJack Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute and University of Toronto) and
Shay
Aba (C.D. Howe Institute) "Economic Growth and Income Inequality in
Canada"
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| 3:15-3:30 PM |
Break |
| 3:30-5:30 PM |
Session 2 Public Policy, Inequality and Economic Growth
Chair: Pierre Fortin (UQAM)
Papers:
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Morris Altman (University of Saskatchewan) "Economic Growth and
Income Inequality: Implications of a Behavioral Model of Economic Growth
for Public Policy"
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Mireille Laroche (Finance Canada) and Todd Mattina (Queen's
University) "Can Fiscal Policy Lessen Earnings Inequality?"
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| 6:30-7:00 PM |
Reception |
| 7:00 PM |
Dinner |
November 4
8:00-9:00 AM |
Buffet Lunch |
| 9:00-12:00 PM |
Session 3 Topics in Inequality and Economic Growth
I
France St-Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Papers:
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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"
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Huw Lloyd-Ellis (University of Toronto) "The Impact of Inequality
on Productivity Growth: A Primer"
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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"
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| 12:00-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30- 3:30 PM |
Session 4 Topics in Inequality and Economic Growth
II
Chair: David Slater (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Papers:
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Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) "Inequality in Time and Money:
The International Evidence"
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David Foot (University of Toronto) and Rafael Gomez
(London School of Economics) "Age Structure, Income Distribution and Economic
Growth"
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| 3:30-3:35 PM |
Closing Remarks |
| 3:35-5:00 PM |
Second Meeting of the Research Advisory Committee on the IRPP-CSLS
Project on Economic Growth and Inequality |
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