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Dalhousie University
Department of Economics
6214 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
CANADA
Tel: (902) 494-6988
FAX: (902) 494-6917
Email: Lars.Osberg@dal.ca
English, French
Canadian
PhD, Yale University, 1975
M.Phil, Yale University, 1972
BA (Hon.), Queen's University, 1968
A Structural Approach to the Distributions of Earnings
Dalhousie University
- University Research Professor – July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2010
- McCulloch Professor of Economics, July 1, 1995--
- Professor with Tenure, Department of Economics, 1985--
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Economics, 1981-1985
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University, 1977-80
Visiting Scholar,
- Senior Visiting Fellow - Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Aug 2009 - Apr 2010
- Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK : 2001-2002
- Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Jan/July, 1998
- Economics Department, University of Sydney, Jan/July, 1998
- CV Starr Centre, New York University, New York, Nov. 1990
- Department of Applied Economics; Cambridge University, 1983-84
- occasional tutor, Clare College, Cambridge University, 1983-84
- Member of High Table, King's College, Cambridge University, 1983-84
Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Western Ontario, 1975-77 (Lecturer, 1973-74)
Teaching Assistant, (International Economics), Yale University, 1972-73
Research Assistant, Queen's University, 1968; Researcher, Department of Finance, Ottawa, summer 1973
Economist, Tanzania Sisal Corporation, Tanga, Tanzania, 1968-70
Economist, National Insurance Corporation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1968
Graduate Labour Economics
Globalization and Economic Development: Current Debates
Principles of Economics
Canadian Economic Policy Debates
Honours Seminar
Microeconomics
Public Finance
Undergraduate Labour Economics
Collective Bargaining and Labour Market Policy
Macroeconomics
Economic Development
Urban Economics
Inequality and Poverty
Introductory Econometrics
- Measurement of Social Exclusion and Poverty
- Leisure Co-ordination and Economic Well-Being
- International Comparisons of Attitudes to Inequality
- Measurement of Economic Well Being
The Economic Implications of Social Cohesion (edited) University of Toronto Press , Toronto, 2003, 249 pages
Principles of Microeconomics: Fourth Edition – 2012 McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto - joint with Frank/Bernanke/Cross/MacLean
Principles of Macroeconomics: Fourth Edition – 2012 McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto - joint with Frank/Bernanke/Cross/MacLean
Hard Money, Hard Times (edited with P. Fortin) James Lorimer Publishers, Toronto, 1998, 202 pages
The Unemployment Crisis: All for Naught (edited with B. MacLean) McGill/Queen's University Press (1996) 251 pages
Unnecessary Debts, (edited with P. Fortin), (ed.), James Lorimer Publishers, Toronto, 1996, 200 pages
Vanishing Jobs: Canada's Changing Workplaces (with F. Wien and J. Grude), James Lorimer Publishers, Toronto (1995) 215 pages
A Social Charter for Canada (edited with S. Phipps) C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto, February (1992)
Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives (editor) M.E. Sharpe Ltd. Armonk, New York (1991), 257 pages
The Information Economy: the Implications of Unbalanced Growth (with W. Baumol & E.N. Wolff) Institute for Research on Public Policy (1989), 114 pages
Economic Inequality in the United States, M.E. Sharpe Ltd., Armonk, New York (1984), 288 pages
Economic Inequality in Canada, Butterworth Publishing Co., Toronto (1981), 236 pages
"Gender Inequalities in Tasks and Instruction Opportunities within Indian Families" (with Sripad Motiram) Feminist Economics, vol. 16:(3) July 2010, 141-167
"Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays Using time Use Diary Data" (with Joachim Merz) International Journal of Time Use Research, September 2009, vol. 6 no. 1, pp. 130-66
"Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India" (with Sripad Motiram) Economic Development and Cultural Change, October 2010, vol. 59, no. 1, 63-94
"The Growth of Poor Children in China 1991-2000: Why Food Subsidies May Matter" (with Jiaping Shao and Kuan Xu) Health Economics, April 2009, vol. 18 suppl 1:S89-108
"How Should We Measure Poverty in a Changing World? Methodological Issues and Chinese Case Study" (with Kuan Xu) Review of Development Economics, 12(2), 419-441, 2008
"'Fair' Inequality? Attitudes to Pay Differentials: The United States in Comparative Perspective” (with Tim Smeeding) American Sociological Review, Vol. 71 (450-473) June 2006
"The Double-Edged Sword of Trade" (with Teresa Cyrus and Lynn Lethbridge) Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 2007, pp. 277-293.
"Pulling Apart – The Growing Gulfs in Canadian Society” Policy Options, April-May 2006
"Poverty and the Extent of Child Obesity in Canada, Norway and the United Sates" (with Shelley A. Phipps, Peter S. Burton, and Lynn N. Lethbridge) Obesity Reviews, January 2006, Vol. 7, pp. 5-12
"Work and Well-being in an Aging Society” Canadian Public Policy 31(4) December 2005, p. 413-420
"Poverty and the Extent of Child Obesity in Canada, Norway and the United States" (with Shelley A. Phipps, Peter S Burton and Lynn N. Lethbridge), Obesity Reviews 2006 (7), p. 5-12
"Sampling variability: some observations from a labour supply equation" (with Daniel Gordon and Shelley Phipps), Applied Economics, 2005, 37, 2167-2175
"How should we measure the ‘Economic’ Aspects of Well-Being?” (with Andrew Sharpe), The Review of Income and Wealth Series 51, Number 2, June 2005 Pp. 311-336
"Measuring Obesity in Young Children” (with Shelley Phipps, Peter Burton and Lynn Lethbridge), Canadian Public Policy Vol. XXX, No. 4, December 2004, Pp. 1-16
"Evaluer l’Indice du bien-etre economique dans les pays de l’OCDE” Travail et Emploi, Janvier 2003 No. 93, Pp. 73-94
"Understanding Growth and Inequality Trends: The Role of Labour Supply in the US and Germany” Canadian Public Policy Vol. XXIX, Supplement January 2003, Pp. S163-S184
"Long Run Trends in Income Inequality in the USA, UK, Sweden, Germany and Canada - A Birth Cohort View" Eastern Economic Journal Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2003, Pp.121-142
"An Index of Economic Well-being" (with Andrew Sharpe) Indicators: The Journal of Social Health. Spring 2002, Vol. 1 No. 2, Pp. 24-62
"International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-Being” (with Andrew Sharpe) Social Indicators Research Vol. 58, Nos 1-3 , June 2002, Pp. 349-382
"An Index of Economic Well-Being for Selected OECD Countries” (with Andrew Sharpe) The Review of Income and Wealth, Series 48, Number 3, September 2002 Pp. 291-316
"The Social Welfare Implications, Decomposability and Geometry of the Sen Family of Poverty Indices” (with Kuan Xu), Canadian Journal of Economics Volume 35, Number 1 (February 2002) Pages 138-152
"How to decompose the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon poverty index? A practitioner’s guide" (With Kuan Xu), Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 10 (1), Spring/Summer 2001, pp 77-94.
"Needs and Wants: What is Social Progress and How Should it be Measured?” The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Institute for Research on Public Policy and the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, June 2001, Pages 23-42
"Trends in Economic Well-Being in Canada in the 1990s” (with Andrew Sharpe) The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Institute for Research on Public Policy and the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, June 2001, Pages 233-246
"On Sen’s Approach to Poverty Measures and Recent Developments” (with Kuan Xu) China Economic Quarterly (published in Chinese) Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2001, pages 151-170.
"Time as a Source of Inequality Within Families: Are Husbands more Satisfied with Time for Themselves than Wives?” (with Shelley Phipps and Peter Burton) Feminist Economics Volume 7(2), 2001, Pages 1-21
"Poverty in Canada and the USA : Measurement, Trends and Implications” Canadian Journal of Economics Vol.33, No.4, November, 2000 pp. 847-877
"How Much of Canada ’s Unemployment is “Structural”?” (with Z. Lin) Canadian Public Policy Vol. XXV No. 1, July 2000, pp. S141- S158
"International Comparisons of Poverty Intensity: Index Decomposition and Bootstrap Inference”, (with Kuan Xu), Journal of Human Resources, Volume 35, Number 1, Winter 2000, pp. 51-81; errata corrected Volume 35, Number 3, Summer 2000
"Poverty Intensity - How Well Do Canadian Provinces Compare?” (with Kuan Xu), Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXV, No. 2, June 1999, pp. 179-198.
"A Distribution-Free Test for Deprivation Dominance” (with Kuan Xu) Econometric Reviews, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1998, pp. 415-431.
"A Note on the link between Inflation and Output Variability in Canada” (with T. Iscan) Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 30, No. 2, May 1998, pp. 261-272.
"How to Value the Poorer Prospects of Youth in the early 1990s?” (with Sadettin Erksoy and Shelley Phipps) Review of Income and Wealth, Series 44, No.1, March 1998, pp. 43-62
"Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Economic Welfare in Canada 1975-1994" North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1997, pp. 153-166.
"The Great Pyramids of Canada”, Scientific Correspondence, Nature, p. 510, Vol. 384, Dec 12, 1996 .
"The Equity/Efficiency Tradeoff in Retrospect" Canadian Business Economics, Vol. 3, No. 3, April-June Spring 1995, pp. 5-20.
"Concepts of Unemployment and the Structure of Employment" Economie Appliquée, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, 1995, pp. 157-181.
"Predicting Probabilities: Inherent and Sampling Variability in the Estimation of Discrete-Choice Models" with D. Gordon, Z. Lin, and S. Phipps, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 56, No. 1, Feb. 1994, pp. 13-31.
"Inter-Regional Migration and Inter-Industry Labour Mobility in Canada: A Simultaneous Approach" (with D. Gordon and Z. Lin) Canadian Journal of Economics, Feb. 1994, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, pp. 58-80.
"Social Policy and Macro Policy in a Federal State" Canadian Business Economics Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1993, pp. 36-45.
"Labour Supply with Quantity Constraints: Results from a Large Sample of Canadian Workers" (with S. Phipps ) Oxford Economic Papers, Volume 45, April, 1993, pp. 269-291.
"Fishing in Different Pools - Job Search Strategies and Job-Finding Success in Canada in the Early 1980's" Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 11, No. 2, April 1993, pp. 348-386.
"Is it Retirement or Unemployment? Induced retirement and constrained labour supply among older workers" Applied Economics (1993), Vol. 25, pp. 505-519.
"Searching for a Will O'the Wisp: an empirical study of the NAIRU in Canada" (with M. Setterfield and D. Gordon), European Economic Review, Vol. 36, January 1992, pp. 119-136.
"Unemployment and Inter-industry labour mobility in Canada in the 1980's" Applied Economics, Vol. 23, No. 11, November 1991, pp. 1707-1718.
"A Distinct Canada”, Policy Options Politiques, Vol. 11, No. 4, May 1990.
"The 'Disappearance' of Involuntary Unemployment" Journal of Economic Issues, Sept. 1988. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 707-728.
"The Inequality of Wealth in Britain's North American Colonies: The Importance of the Relatively Poor" -- with F.K. Siddiq, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 34 No. 2, pp. 143-164, June 1988.
"Segmented Labour Markets and the Estimation of Wages Functions" Applied Economics, with R. Apostle & D. Clairmont, Vol. 19, No. 12, December 1987, pp. 1603-1624.
"Job Mobility, Wage Determination and Market Segmentation in the Presence of Sample Selectivity Bias" with L. Mazany, R. Apostle and D. Clairmont, Canadian Journal of Economics, May 1986, Vol. XIX, No. 2, pp. 319-346.
"The Incidence and Duration of Individual Unemployment: Supply-Side or Demand Side?" with R. Apostle and D. Clairmont, Cambridge Journal of Economics, March 1986, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 13-34.
"Economic Segmentation and Politics" R. Apostle, D. Clairmont & L. Osberg, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 91, No. 4, January 1986, pp. 905-931.
"A Nation of Data Processors – Most Canadian Workers Produce Not Goods but Information”, Perception, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1985, pp. 23-24.
"Segmentation and Labour Force Strategies" R. Apostle, D. Clairmont & L. Osberg, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1985, pp. 253-275.
"Segmentation and Wage Determination" R. Apostle, D. Clairmont & L. Osberg, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 22, pp. 30-56, 1985.
"A Note on the Incomes of Lawyers" Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, Vol. 40, No. 4., 1985, pp. 865-879.
"Star Spangled Economics”, Maxism Today, Vol. 28, No. 9, September 1984, pp.30-33.
"Unemployment Insurance: Insurance or Welfare: Reply" Canadian Public Policy Vol. V, No. 4, Fall 1979, pp. 559-560.
"Unemployment Insurance in Canada: A Review of the Recent Amendments" Canadian Public Policy, Vol. V, No. 2, Spring, 1979, pp. 223-235.
"Economic Determinants of Individual Charitable Donations in Canada" (with R.D. Hood and S.A. Martin) Canadian Journal of Economics, November, 1977, pp. 653-699.
"A Note on the Wage Decisions of the Anti-Inflation Board" Canadian Public Policy, Summer 1977, III:3, pp. 377-380.
"Stochastic Process Models and the Distribution of Earnings" Review of Income and Wealth, Sept. 1977, Series 23, No. 3, pp. 205-217.
"Why Has Unemployment Disappeared from Official Macro-Economic Policy Discourse in Canada?" Pp. 127-163 in Fred Gorbet and Andrew Sharpe (eds.) New Directions for Intelligent Government in Canada: Papers in Honour of Ian Stewart, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa, 2011.
“Nouvelles Estimations de l’indice de bien-etre economique pour un choix de pays de l’OCDE” (with Andrew
Sharpe) Pp. 255-278 in Compatabilite Nationale: valeur de l’enterprise, mesure des performances economiques et
sociales Paul Champsaur and Pierre-Yves Henin (ed) Economica, Paris, 2006
“Income Assistance Programs and the Labour Market – Relevant Canadian Experiences and Worker Well Being,” Pp.
163-216 in Maria Fortuna, Jose Viera and Antonio Menezes (ed) Income Support Programs and Labour Market
Participation: Theory and Cases Universidade dos Azores, Ponta Delgada, 2007
"A Distribution-Free Test for Deprivation Dominance” (with Kuan Xu) Econometric Reviews, Vol. 17, No. 4, 415-429, 1998; the reprint appears as Chapter 5 in Marie V. Lane (ed.) in Trends in Poverty and Welfare Alleviation Issues, Nova Science Publishers, 2006, pp. 101-112.
"Income Distribution and Social Expenditures” (with Jonathan Schwabish and Timothy Smeeding) in Dimitri B. Papadimitriou (ed.) The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, 2006, pp. 247-288.
"Social values for equality and preferences for state intervention in the USA and Europe” with Tim Smeeding, forthcoming in Christian Toft and Joseph Cordes (ed) Welfare State Reform In The United States And The European Union – Policy Choices And The Constitution Of The New Welfare Society, Cambridge University Press.
"How Much does Employment Matter for Inequality in Canada and Elsewhere?” in D. Green and J. Kesselman (eds.) Dimensions of Inequality in Canada, UBC Press, Vancouver, 2006, pp. 155-188.
"Leisure” forthcoming in New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
"Markets, Morality and the Auto-corrosive Tendencies of “Standard Economics”" forthcoming in Nico Stehr (ed.), The Moralization of the Markets. Transaction Books, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2006, pp. 155-182.
"Trends in Economic Well-being in OECD Countries: What Measure is Most Relevant for Health?" in Clyde Hertzman, Jody Heymann, Morris Barer and Robert Evans (eds.), Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 296-326.
"Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Co-ordination” (with Stephen Jenkins) in D.S. Hamermesh and G.A. Pfann (eds.) The Economics of Time Use, Elsevier B.V., 2005, pp. 113-145.
"Room for Differences? Social Policy in a Global Economy” Pages 75-97 in The Sterling Public Servant: A Global Tribute to Sylvia Ostry, Jacob Ryten (ed), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
"Income Distribution and Public Social Expenditure: Theories, Effects and Evidence” (with Tim Smeeding and Jon Schwabisch), Pages 823 - 862 in Social Inequality, Kathryn Neckerman (Editor) Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2004.
"What’s the real issue in the debt debate?” Pages 335-348 in C. Ragan and W. Watson, Is the Debt War Over? Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, 2004.
"Economic and Social Aspects of Productivity: Linkages and Policy Implications” Pp 761-787, Productivity Issues in Canada, Someshwar Rao & Andrew Sharpe (ed) University of Calgary Press 2002
"Has Economic Well-being Improved in Canada and the United States?” (with Andrew Sharpe) Pp. 123-152 in E. N. Wolff (ed), What has happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrial Nations, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham , 2004
"Poverty Among Senior Citizens -- a Canadian Success Story”, The State of Economics in Canada Festschrift in Honour of David Slater, Patrick Grady and Andrew Sharpe (ed) John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen’s University, Kingston, 2001, Pp. 151-181
"Comparisons of Trends in GDP and Economic Well-being - The Impact of Social Capital” (with Andrew Sharpe) Pages 310-351 in John Helliwell (editor), The Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic Growth and Well Being, International Symposium Report, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and Human Resource Development Canada, Paris and Ottawa , 2001
"Poverty Impacts of Trade, Macro-Economic and Social Policy - Canada and the United States in the 1990's” (With Teresa L. Cyrus ), Pages 53 to 118, in Incomes and Productivity in North America, Commission for Labor Co-operation, Washington, DC 2001
"Trends in Economic Well-being in OECD countries - What Measure is most relevant for Health?” forthcoming in Healthier Societies: From analysis to action, Oxford University Press, Clyde Hertzman and Jody Heymann (editors)
"Inequality” -Pages 7371 to 7377 in N. J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (editors), 2001, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Pergamon, Oxford .
"Stochastic Process Models and the Distribution of Earnings" reprint of 1977 article, Income Distribution, M. Sattinger (ed), Edward Elgar Publishers
"Long Run Trends in Economic Inequality in Five Countries - A Birth Cohort View” in J.K. Galbraith (ed), The Macro Dynamics of Inequality in the Advanced and Developing Countries, 1999, MacMillan/St. Martin’s Press
"Federal Expenditures in Canada: The Millennial Vision and its Tensions” Pp. 123 - 136 in The 2000 Federal Budget: Retrospect and Prospect, John Deutsch Institute, edited by P. Hobson and T. Wilson, John Deutsch Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston , 2001.
"Poverty Trends and the Canadian Social Union” Pp. 213-231 in Canada: The State of the Federation 1999/2000: Toward a New Mission Statement for Canadian Fiscal Federalism, H. Lazar (editor), McGill - Queen’s University Press, Montreal and Kingston, 2000.
"Les concepts du chômage et la structure de l’emploi”, pp.97-122, in Ver le plein emploi, Pierre Paquette and Mario Seccareccia (ed.) 1998, Les Presses de l’Université de Montreal, Montreal.
"Economic Policy Variables and Population Health.” pp. 579-610 in Determinants of Health: Settings and Issues. Vol. 3 of Canadian Health Action: Building on the Legacy, Editions Multimondes, Sainte Foy , 1998.
"Meaning and Measurement in Intergenerational Equity,” pp. 131-139 in Government Finances and Intergenerational Equity edited by Miles Corak, Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1998.
"Wages and Unemployment” Pp.149-180 in Employment Policy Options, The Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Ottawa , 1999.
"Structural Change in North American Labour Markets” pp. 350-356 in M. C. Abbott, C. Beach & R. Chaykowski, Transition and Structural Change in the North American Labour Market, Industrial Relations Centre Press Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; 1997.
"Consensus and Controversy in the Debate on Deficit Reduction” (with P. Fortin), pp. ix to xvi in Unnecessary Debts, 1996.
"Credibility Mountain” (with P. Fortin), pp. 157-172 in Unnecessary Debts, 1996.
"Social Policy, Macro Policy and the Debt”, pp. 124-141 in Unnecessary Debts, 1996.
"Digging a Hole or Laying the Foundation? The Objectives of Macroeconomic Policy in Canada”, pp. 3-13 in The Unemployment Crisis, 1996.
"Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment-Revisited”, pp. 75-106 in The Unemployment Crisis, 1996.
"The Distribution of Income, Wealth and Economic Security: The Impact of Unemployment Insurance Reforms in Canada" (with S. Erksoy and S. Phipps), pp. 321-345 in The Distribution of Welfare and Household Production: International Perspectives, S. Jenkins, A. Kapetyn and B.M. van Praag (ed.), 1998, Cambridge University Press.
"Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance and the Distribution of Income in Canada in the 1980's" with S. Erksoy and S. Phipps, pp. 84-107 in Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare - An International Perspective, P. Gottschalk, B. Gustafsson and E. Palmer (ed.) Cambridge University Press, 1997.
"International Comparisons of Poverty Intensity: Index Decomposition and Bootstrap Inference” with Kuan Xu, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Tome LVII, Book 2, pp. 289-292, Istanbul, 1997.
"Is Unemployment or Unemployment Insurance the Problem in Atlantic Canada?" pp. 215-228 in The Rock in a Hard Place, D. May & A. Hollett, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto , 1995.
"Jobs and Growth - The Missing Link" pp. 57 to 69 in A New Social Vision for Canada? Perspectives on the Federal Discussion Paper on Social Security and Reform, K. Banting and K. Battle (ed) School of Policy Studies, Kingston, Ontario, 1994.
"Comment: The Nature of Dependency" Pp. 123-129 in K.G. Banting, B.M. Brown & T.J. Courchene, The Future of Fiscal Federalism, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1994.
"Integrating Social and Economic Policy - Micro Transitions and Macro Policy in a Federal State" Pp. 83-100 in E.B. Reynolds (ed.) Income Security in Canada: Changing Needs, Changing Means, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal , P.Q. , 1993.
"What's Fair? The Problem of Equity in Taxation" pp. 63-86 in Fairness in Taxation: Explaining the Principles, edited by A.M. Maslove, University of Toronto Press , Toronto , 1993.
"Equity and Efficiency in a Decentralized Federation - The Role of a Social Charter" pages 123-141 in Social Protection and the European Economic and Monetary Union, J. Pacolet (editor), Avebury Publishing Co., Gower Publishing Group, Aldershot, England, 1996.
"A Social Charter for Canada”, with S. Phipps, pp1-34 in A Social Charter for Canada? Perspectives on the Constitutional Entrenchment of Social Rights . H. Echenberg, A. Milner, J. Myles, L. Osberg, S. Phipps, J. Richards, W. Robson, 1992.
"Sustainable Social Development" pp. 227-242 in R.C. Allen & G. Rosenbluth (ed.), False Promises: The Failure of Conservative Economics, New Star Books, Vancouver , 1992.
"Canada's Economic Performance: Inequality, Poverty and Growth" pp. 39-52 in R.C. Allen & G. Rosenbluth (ed.), False Promises: The Failure of Conservative Economics, New Star Books, Vancouver , 1992.
"Democracy, Affordability, and the Social Charter: A Reply”, pp. 111-117 in A Social Charter for Canada? Perspectives on the Constitutional Entrenchment of Social Rights . H. Echenberg, A. Milner, J. Myles, L. Osberg, S. Phipps, J. Richards, W. Robson, 1992.
"The Constitution and the Social Contract" with R. Boadway and K. Norrie, Pp. 225 to 255 in Economic Dimensions of Constitutional Change, Vol. I, R. Boadway, T. Courchene & D. Purvis (editors), John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, Kingston , 1991.
"The Acquisition of Wealth in Nova Scotia in the late Nineteenth Century" (with F.K. Siddiq) in Research in Economic Inequality, Vol. 4, Pp.181-202, 1994 [Festschrifte for Nancy Ruggles], JA1 Press, E.N. Wolff (ed).
"Distributional Issues and the Future of the Welfare State" pp. 160-174 in Perspective 2000, K. Newton, T. Schweitzer & J.P. Voyer (ed.) Economic Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1990.
"The Pyrrhic Victory--Unemployment, Inflation and Macro-economic Policy" Pp. 111-131 in J. Cornwall (ed.), After Stagflation, Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1984.
"Producer Cartels: Trade Unions of the Third World" (with R. Martin), pp. 501-526 in R. St. J. MacDonald (ed.), The International Law and Policy of Human Welfare, 1978, Sijthoff and Noordhoff, Alphen Aan den Rijn, Netherlands.
"The Distribution of Wealth and Riches"--reprinted from Economic Inequality in Canada, pp. 92-96 in Social Inequality in Canada, J. Curtis, E. Grabb, N. Guppy & S. Gilbert, Prentice-Hall, Scarborough , 1988.
"Remarks at the Workshop on Cost of Inaction" pp. 33-39 in A. Davidson & M. Dence (Ed.) The Brundtland Challenge and the Cost of Inaction, The Royal Society of Canada/Institute for Research on Public Policy, Halifax, 1988.
"The Measurement of Economic Well-Being" pp. 49-89 in Approaches to Economic Well-Being, D. Laidler (ed) Vol. 26 for the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1985.
"Regional Demand Supply Projections and Migration: Comment" Canadian Labour Markets in the 1980's, pp. 128-131, W.D. Wood (ed.), Queen's University, Industrial Relations Centre, 1983.
The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality by Wiemer Salverda, Brian Noland, and Tim Smeeding (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2009.
Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada by Brian Lee Crowley, Key Porter Books, 2009.
A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States by Robert Pollin, Mark Breener, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, and Stephanie Luce, Cornell University Press, 2008.
Top Incomes Over the 20th Century: A Contrast Between Continental European and English-Speaking Countries by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty, Oxford University Press, 2007, xvii + 585 pp; Economica, Vol. 76 No. 301, Feb. 2009, pp. 208-209.
Globalization and Well-Being by John F. Helliwell, UBC Press, 2002 - International Journal Autumn 2004, Vol. LIX No. 4, Pp. 1002-1003
At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2000 - Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations Vol. 58, No. 4, 2003, Pp. 706-707
Inequality Around the World by Richard B. Freeman, 2002 Palgrave, xiii/280pp., - Industrial and Labor Relations Review January 2004, Vol. 57, No. 2, Pp. 311-312
"Development and Freedom” by Amartya Sen, - Isuma Volume 1, Number 2, Autumn 2000, Pp. 135-137
"Labour Market Regimes and Patterns of Flexibility: a Sweden - Canada Comparison” by A. van den Berg, B. Furaker and L. Johannson, Lund, Sweden, Arkiv Forlag, Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXV, No.1, pp. 145-147, March 1999.
"Moving From a GDP-Based to a Well-Being Based Metric of Economic Performance and Social Progress: Results From the Index of Economic Well-Being for OECD Countries, 1980-2009" (with Andrew Sharpe) Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Research Report 2011-12, September 2011.
"Beyond GDP: Measuring Economic Well-Being in Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2010" (with Andrew Sharpe) Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Research Report 2011-11, September 2011.
"Social Protection of the Elderly in Tanzania" (with Thadeus Mboghoina) Special Paper 10/5 Dar es Salaam, REPOA, 2010.
"Measuring Poverty and Vulnerability: A Survey" IGIDR, Mumbai, India, June 22, 2010.
"Canada's Declining Social Safety Net: The Case for EI Reform" Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, June 2009.
"Economic Security in Nova Scotia" (with Andrew Sharpe) GPI Atlantic, Halifax, July 2008.
“A Quarter Century of Economic Inequality in Canada 1981 – 2006” Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa,
April 2008.
"Why Inequality Matters, in 1,000 Words or Less" Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, December 2007.
“Designing Halifax – What’s worth keeping?” The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, November 26, 2007.
“Just what was he thinking?” The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, July 14, 2007.
"What do I get for $4,000 (plus)?" The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, March 5, 2007.
"On the Road to Damascus and in Neighbourhoods of Beirut?" The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, July 25, 2006.
"How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World?” (with Kuan Xu)
- UNU-WIDER Project Meeting on Inequality and Poverty in China, Helsinki, Finland, 26 August 2005
- published as UNU-WIDER Research Report 2006/64 – June 2006.
"Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays" (with Joachim Merz) IZA Discussion Paper No. 2089, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn, April 2006.
“Pulling Apart – the Growing Gulfs in Canadian Society” Policy Options April/May 2006, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 51-54.
"Room for Differences? Social Policy in a Global Economy" Working Papers of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, paper 2007 -9 . Colchester : University of Essex.
"Commentary: Labor Market Developments in the United States and Canada since 2000” Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Pp. 19-21, Volume 11, Number 1 August 2005
"Why a ‘warm glow’ is not enough” Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald Op-Ed June 30, 2005
"Equalization – A Family History” Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald Op-Ed April 6, 2005
"Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Co-ordination” (with Stephen Jenkins)
- Working Papers of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, paper 2007 3-19. Colchester : University of Essex . August 2003
- IZA Discussion Paper No. 850. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn , August 2003
- DIW Discussion Paper No. 368 German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin , September 2003
"Public Services I want to Pay For, But Not Consume” Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald Op-Ed, August 2, 2003
"Reflections on Tooth Fairy Economics” Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald Op-Ed April, 2003
"On getting what you pay for" Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald Op-Ed May 2003
"Why Americans have no pals” Stephen Jenkins and Lars Osberg, Monday June 30, 2003 The Guardian London
"Income Distribution and Public Social Expenditure: Theories, Effects and Evidence” (with Tim Smeeding and Jon Schwabisch) Russell Sage Foundation, New York , March 2003
"How Much does Work matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective” Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 326, September 2002.
"Trends in Poverty: The UK in International Perspective - How Rates Mislead and Intensity Matters” Working Papers of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, paper 2002-10. Colchester : University of Essex .
"Poverty Among Senior Citizens: A Canadian Success Story in International Perspective” Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 274., September 2001.
"Advice to the premier: be honest about your choices” Halifax Mail-Star and Chronicle Herald, April 1, 2001
"International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well-being” Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 242. Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe, February 2000.
"Poverty in Canada and the USA : Measurement, Trends and Implications” Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 236, July, 2000
"Long Run Trends in Economic Inequality in Five Countries - A Birth Cohort View” Working Paper No. 222, Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper, January, 2000
"Schooling, Literacy and Individual Earnings” International Adult Literacy Survey Working Paper No.7, Statistics Canada , Cat. No. 89-552-MPE, June 2000
"A Round Birthday”, Confluences, April 1999.
"A Canada one could vote for”, Confluences, 1999.
"An Index of Economic Well-Being for Canada” (with A. Sharpe) Research Paper R-99-3E, Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resource Development Canada , Hull , Quebec , December 1998
"Economic Insecurity in the Malaysian Context” Working Paper John Deutsch Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston , October 1998.
"Economic Insecurity” SPRC Discussion Paper No. 88, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, October 1998.
"Instability Implications of Increasing Inequality: What can be learned from North America?" XXIV International Conference of the "Giordano Dell'Amore" Observatory on the relationship between law and economics, October 30, 2011.
"Measuring Economic Insecurity in Rich and Poor Nations" (with Andrew Sharpe) International Conference on Economic Security, November 22-23, 2011.
"The Hunger of Old Women: How Sensitive Are Poverty Measures?" (with Thadeus Mboghoina) CEA Meetings, June 4, 2011.
"Measuring Economic Insecurity and Vulnerability as Part of Economic Well-Being: Concepts and Context" Economic Insecurity, Demography and Well-Being, 31st General Conference of IARIW, St-Gallen, Switzerland, August 27, 2010.
"Poverty and Recessions: Canada's Vulnerable in Tough Times" Presentation to Council of the Federation Symposium, St. John's, NF, June 23, 2009.
"Measuring Economic Security in Insecure Times: New Perspectives, New Events and the Index of Economic Well-being" (with Andrew Sharpe) CEA Meetings, May 31, 2009.
"Comments on the Anderson Trilogy: Boats and Tides and 'Trickle Down' Theories, Polarization of the Poor, Examining Convergence Hypotheses" OPHI Workshop on Robustness methods for Multidimensional Welfare Analysis, May 5-6, 2009.
"Comments on Goodness of Fit: An Economic Approach" OPHI Workshop on Robustness methods for Multidimensional Welfare Analysis, May 5-6, 2009.
"Canada's Declining Social Safety Net: EI Reform and the 2009 Budget" Conference: The 2009 Federal Budget: Challenge, Response and Retrospect. John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, May 7-8, 2009.
"The Context of a 'Flat Tax' in Canada: 2008” Panel on Tax Policy Options for Atlantic Canada, 36th Annual Conference of the Atlantic Canadian Economics Association, Wolfville, NS, October 24, 2008
"The Current State of the Economy” Panel Discussion: Setting the Stage - Outlook of the Canadian Economy, 6th National Labour Market Information Forum, Crowne Plaza Fredericton Lord Beaverbrook hotel October 20-22, 2008. Forum of Labour Market Ministers - Labour Market Information Working Group (FLMM-LMIWG)
"How Should We Measure Poverty in a Changing World? Methodological Issues and Chinese Case Study"
- Shangdong University of Finance, Shandong, China, May 6, 2008
- Nanjing University, Department of Economics Adam Smith Lecture Series, Nanjing, China, May 9, 2008
- Renmin University, Department of Economics, Beijing, China, May 14, 2008
"Tasks and Opportunities with Indian Families" (with S. Motiram) Canadian Economics Association, Vancouver, BC, June 6-8, 2008.
"Have most North Americans already met their Kyoto Obligations?
Trends in the CO2 content of Consumption and the Role of Income Inequality" Canadian Economics Association, Vancouver, BC, June 6-8, 2008.
“Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India” (with S. Motiram)
ECINEQ 2007 - Berlin, July 12, 2007.
“Nova Scotia Population - Trends and Implications” Nova Scotia Government and Dalhousie University Forum, “The Role of Research in Shaping Public Policy” 5 June 2007, Halifax.
“Demand or Supply for Schooling in Rural India?” with Sripad Motiram.
-Seminar on Towards Mainstreaming Time Use Surveys in National Statistical System in India, Goa, India, May 24-25, 2007.
- 41st Annual Meetings, Canadian Economics Association, Halifax, June 1-3, 2007.
"The Evolution of Poverty Measurement - with special reference to Canada," Workshop on Low Income, Poverty and Deprivation, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, February 12, 2007.
"Emergence et perspective de l’emploi d’indicateurs nationaux de bien-etre – l’experience canadiennce vingt ans apres la commission MacDonald (1985) - Colloque sur Les Indicateurs Locaux de Progres Societal – organnisee par PEKEA-Club de Gouvernment Locaux, Rennes, France, Nov. 17, 2006.
"The Growth of Poor Children in China 1991-2000: Why Food Subsidies May Matter? (with Jiaping Shao and Kuan Xu) UNU-WIDER Conference Advancing Health Equity, September 29-30, 2006, Hensinki, Findland.
"Inter-regional Mobility and Government Policy” presented at “Restoring Fiscal Balance in Canada” Roundtable on the 2006 Federal Budget Document, Finance Canada, September 18, 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
"Labour market adjustments and public policies: What roles for governments?” Skills Research Initiative, SSHRC workshop on “Adjustments in Markets for Skilled Workers” Ottawa, September 14 & 15, 2006.
"Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays” with Joachim Merz, May 26, 2006, Canadian Economics Association, Montreal, Quebec
"New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-Being for Canada” with Andrew Sharpe, May 27, 2006, Canadian
Economics Association, Montreal, Quebec
"Fetching Water in Rural India” with Sripad Motiram, May 26, 2006, Canadian Economics Association, Montreal, Quebec
“Pulling Apart – the Growing Gulfs in Canadian Society” Canadian Priorities Agenda, Agenda setters
workshop, January 27, 2006, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, Quebec
Conference Moderator – 2005 National Labour Market Information Forum – Forum of Labour Market Ministers – Labour Market Information Working Group – Delta Hotel, Halifax November 8-9, 2005
"Comments on: Time and Money – Substitutes in real terms and complements in satisfactions, by Jens Bonke, Mette Deding, Mette Lausten”, Levy Institute, October 29, 2005
"Ethical Issues – Privacy, regulation and useful research” Statistics Canada Methodology Symposium 2005, Ottawa , October 26, 2005
"Managing Demographic Change - the Case for a More Even Life” 10 th Anniversary Panel on Policies to Improve the Economic Well-being of Canadians, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, National Arts Centre, Ottawa , November 4, 2005
"Should there be a link between development and equalization”, October 21, 2005 , ACEA conference
"Keeping in Touch - A Benefit of Public Holidays” (with Joachim Merz)
- Economics Department, Dalhousie University , September 16, 2005
"How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World?” (with Kuan Xu)
- UNU-WIDER Project Meeting on Inequality and Poverty in China , Helsinki , Finland , 26 August 2005
- Canadian Economics Association, McMaster University May 28, 2005
- The 2004 International Conference on Official Poverty Statistics (ICOPS), Mandaluyong City ( Manila ), Philippines , 4-6 October 2004
"Challenges facing the Nova Scotia economy” ACOA Nova Scotia and Office of Economic Development, Economists Forum, Tuesday May 31, 2005
"Urban / Rural Trends and Policy Options” ACOA Partners' Forum 2005 , March 30 2005 , Halifax , Nova Scotia
"Income Distribution and Social Expenditures: A Cross-National Perspective" with Jonathan Schwabish, and Timothy Smeeding, October 15-16, 2004 Levy Institute, Bard College , New York conference on “The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation.”
"Income Assistance Programs and the Labour Market – Relevant Canadian Experiences & Worker Well Being”, 2004, Newfoundland
"Human Well Being and Economic Well Being” The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) and the Atlantic Association of Applied Economists (AAAE) June 24th, 2004 , Halifax
Rapporteur, THE STATE OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2004: GOVERNANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT June 17-19, 2004 University College of Cape Breton , Sydney , Nova Scotia , Canada
"The Relevance of Objective Indicators of Well-Being for Public Policy” Canadian Economics Association, June 5, 2004 , Ryerson University , Toronto , Ontario .
"Assessing “Success” in Anti-Poverty Policy: Some Measurement Choices that Matter – and some that may not ”
- Department of Economics, Dalhousie University
- CERF Conference on “Helping People Out of Low Income” Toronto , Ontario , June 3, 2004
""Fair" Inequality? An International Comparison of Attitudes to Pay Differentials” (with Tim Smeeding)
Earlier title of similar paper = “An International Comparison of Preferences for Leveling”
- Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , Nov. 28, 2005
- 17th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics, Central European University and Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, June 30 - July 2, 2005
- Economics Department, Yale University , April 13 2005
- Economics Department, Acadia University , February 10, 2005
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, workshop on Social Groups, Economic Behaviour and Human Welfare, Vancouver December 10 -11, 2004.
- 28 th General Conference of the International Association of Research on Income and Wealth, August 23-27, 2004 , Cork , Ireland
- Canadian Economics Association, June 4, 2004 , Ryerson University , Toronto , Ontario .
- Russel Sage Foundation Working Groups on the Social Dimensions of Inequality, Princeton New Jersey, May 20/21, 2004
- Department of Economics, Syracuse University , Syracuse , New York , October 16, 2003
"Does economics sometimes have it backwards? Why might it matter for markets and morality?” International Workshop on The Moralization of the Markets, Schloss Elmau , Germany , May 6-9, 2004
"An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries” (with Andrew Sharpe) American Economic Association, January 3-5, 2004 , San Diego , California
"Why do we care about Welfare to Work? - Alternative Paradigms” Plenary Panel on “Shifting Community and Policy Cultures” National Forum on Welfare to Work: The Next Generation, St John’s Newfoundland , November 18, 2003
"What Arguments Justify Immigration in Canada?” - Keynote Address to Canada Immigration REGIONAL DMR September 9, 2003 , Westin Hotel, Halifax
"Demography and Labour Market Flexibility” - Round Table on the Key Labour Market Challenges Facing Canada , Human Resource Development Canada , Ottawa , June 10, 2003
"Human Well Being and Economic Well Being: What Values Are Implicit in Current Indices?" (With Andrew Sharpe)
- WIDER Conference on Inequality, Poverty and Human Well-being Helsinki , 30-31 May 2003
-Canadian Economics Association, Carleton University , Ottawa , Ontario , May 30- June 1, 2003
"International Comparisons of Economic Well-Being” Voluntary Planning - Nova Scotia , Economic Growth & Competitiveness Sector - May 13, 2003 , Truro
"An International Comparison of Preferences for Leveling” (with Tim Smeeding)
- Workshop on Political Implications of Inequality, Russell Sage Foundation, New York , March 21, 2003
"Inter and Intra Generational Issues in the Analysis of Debt Policy” - Wrap-up Panel, IRPP Conference “ Is the Debt War Over?” October 25 - 26, 2002 , Montreal
"Risk, Insecurity & Public Policy” October 24, 2002 , National Policy Research Conference Ottawa
"Comments on: Consumption Mobility in the US ”, October 18, 2002 , Levy Institute Mobility Conference
"An Index of Labour Market Well-being for Canada and the United States” (with Andrew Sharpe and Jeremy Smith), Twenty Seventh General Conference of the International Association of Research on Income and Wealth, August 19-23, 2002 , Stockholm , Sweden
"Income Distribution and Public Social Expenditure: Theories, Effects and Evidence” (with Tim Smeeding and Jon Schwabisch) Russell Sage Social Inequality Summer Workshop , Madison , Wisconsin , June 28,2002
"Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Co-ordination” (with Stephen Jenkins)
-Department of Economics, University of Essex , Colchester , UK June 19,2002
-2 nd IZA Conference of the International Consortium in the Economics of Time Use, St. Gerlach, The Netherlands , May 26-27, 2003
- presented by Jenkins to pre-conference meeting of the International Research Consortium on the Economics of Time-Use, IZA, Bonn , 19–20 May 2002, to University of Tilburg,
- June 25, 2002 , annual conference of European Society for Population Economics, New York, June 2003 and European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop -Income, Interactions and Subjective Well-Being 25th-26th September 2003 DELTA Paris, France.
"Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective” Paper presented at “Income Distribution and Welfare”
- International Workshop organized for the Bocconi University Centennial, May 30th, 31st, and June 1 st, 2002 , Milan
“Room for Differences? Social Policy in a Global Economy” International Forum on “Globalization and Contemporary Capitalism” Wuhan University, China, November 20 to 23, 2001 .
"Isn’t it Well Being That We Want to Improve? - The Metric of Evaluation”
- “From Theory to Practice: International Conference on Evaluation Methodology” Ottawa , November 17, 2001
- Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex , January 30, 2002
"Has Economic Well-being improved in Canada and the United States?” Conference on “What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in America and Other Advanced Industrial Nations?” June 6-7, 2001 Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College , Annandale-on-the-Hudson , New York .
"International Trends in Poverty - How Rates Mislead and Intensity Matters”
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings, McGill University , Montreal , June 1, 2001
- Welfare Policy and Analysis seminar - STICERD, London School of Economics, London , March 14, 2002
"The Master-Servant Relationship: Social Democracy and the Market” conference on “The Future of Social Democracy in Canada”, Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, May 25, 2001
"Investing in Human Capabilities: Good but not Enough” conference on “Ideas for Renewal: Ontario in the 21 st Century”, Liberal Party of Ontario, Niagara on the Lake , Ontario , March 24, 2001
"The Framework of an Efficient Labour Market” Luncheon Address to Roundtable on Creating a More Efficient Labour Market, Human Resource Development Canada and the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa, February 27, 2001
"Labour Supply and Inequality Trends in the U.S.A. & elsewhere”
- CSLS/IRPP Conference on “Linkages between Economic Growth and Inequality”Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa , January 26, 2001 .
- Canadian Economics Association, McGill University , Montreal , June 2, 2001
"Labor Market Trends in North America – Has Economic Well-being improved?” Keynote Address, Conference on “Labour in a Globalizing World: The Challenge for Asia ” City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, January 4-6, 2001
"Needs and Wants - What is Social Progress and How Should it be Measured?”
- Authors’ Workshop on “Economic Performance and Social Progress in Canada in the 1990's,” Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa , Ontario , December 8, 2000
- Quality Evaluation Centre, City University of Hong Kong , January 4, 2001.
"Social Capital and Economic Performance” 2000 National Policy Research Conference “ Canada@theworld.ca” Ottawa , Canada , December 1, 2000
"Social Policies in a Global Society” 2000 National Policy Research Conference " Canada@theworld.ca" Ottawa , Canada , December 1, 2000
"Nobody to Play With - Labour Supply and Inequality Trends in the U.S.A. and Elsewhere”
-CSLS - IRPP workshop on Inequality and Growth, Montreal , November 3/4, 2000
-ESC Workshop, University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC , November 18, 2000
"Economic and Social Aspects of Productivity” CSLS-Industry Canada Productivity Workshop, September 29, 2000, Ottawa
"International Comparisons of Trends in Economic Well Being” (with Andrew Sharpe)
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Population Health Group, Halifax , September 22, 2000
- International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Twenty-Sixth General Conference, August 31, 2000, Cracow, Poland
- American Economics Association, January 7, 2000 , Boston , Massachusetts .
- Canadian Economics Association, June 2, 2000 , Vancouver , B.C., Workshop on Human and Social Capital - OECD, Paris , July 20/21, 2000
"Productivity: Problems and Pitfalls” Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Halifax , June 21, 2000
"Poverty in Canada and the USA: Measurement, Trends and Implications”
- Presidential Address, Canadian Economics Association, June 3, 2000 , Vancouver , B.C.
- Economics Department, Laval University , April 28, 2000
"Federal Expenditures in Canada : The Millennial Vision and its Tensions” John Deutsch Institute Forum on the Federal Budget, March 31, 2000 , Queen’s University, Kingston , Ontario
"Comparisons of Trends in GDP and Economic Well-being - the impact of Social Capital” OECD Symposium on the Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic Growth and Well Being, Quebec City , March 20, 2000
"Poverty Impacts of Trade, Macro-Economic and Social Policy - Canada and the United States in the 1990's” (With Teresa L. Cyrus )
- North American Seminar on Incomes and Productivity 2000, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City, February 25, 2000.
-Economics Department, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , March 1, 2000
-Economics Department, University of Regina , Regina , March 2, 2000
"Long Run Trends in Economic Inequality in Five Countries - A Birth Cohort View “
- CRESP Workshop on “Equality, Security and Community”, Vancouver , October 21, 1999
- Jerome Levy Economics Institute conference on “The Macro Dynamics of Inequality in Advanced and Developing Countries”, Annandale on Hudson , New York , October 28, 1999 .
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon , March 1, 2000
- University of Regina , Regina , March 2, 2000
- University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , March 3, 2000
"Poverty Durations and Poverty Measurement” (with Kuan Xu), 28th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association, September 30- October 2, 1999 .
"An Anatomy of the Sen and Sen-Shorrocks-Thon Indices: Multiplicative Decomposition and its Implications” (with K. Xu), Canadian Economics Association, Toronto , May 30, 1999
"How Much of Canada ’s Unemployment is “Structural”?” (with Z. Lin)
- CSLS Conference on Structural Unemployment, Ottawa , April 1999
- Canadian Economics Association Toronto , May 29, 1999
- Policy Research Secretariat/ACOA Conference on “Skill Development in the Knowledge Based Economy”, Moncton , June 22, 1999
"Poverty Trends and the Canadian Social Union" Symposium on Fiscal Federalism, Queen’s University, Kingston , April 17, 1999
"An Index of Economic Well-Being for Canada and the United States" (with A. Sharpe), American Economics Association, New York, Jan. 5, 1999.
Department of Community Services and Department of Environment and Labour, Nova Scotia Poverty Reduction
Strategy Consultation Truro, November 1 and 2, 2007.
International Comparisons of Economic Well-Being, Sloan Workshop Meeting, Levy Economics Institute of Bard
College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, October11-12, 2007.
CERF session on Workplace Practices and Employment Outcomes
- 41st Annual Meetings Canadian Economics Association, Halifax, Canada June 1, 2007.
Poverty Indices Session - 41st Annual Meetings Canadian Economics Association, Halifax, Canada, June 3, 2007.
Panelist “How to Talk to the Media”
- 41st Annual Meetings Canadian Economics Association, Halifax, Canada, June 3, 2007.
Expert Round Table on Older Workers, IRPP Marriott Château Champlain, Montréal, May 23 mai, 2007.
Workshop on Low Income, Poverty and Deprivation, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, February 12, 2007.
Sixth Meeting of the University Working Groups on the Social Dimensions of Inequality, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, UCLA Faculty Center, Los Angeles, January 25-26, 2007.
Poverty, Deprivation, and Low Income, A Workshop sponsored and hosted by Statistics Canada and the University of Toronto, June 5-6, 2006, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
CERF conference on Understanding Cultural Diversity, May 25, 2006, Canadian Economics Association, Montreal, Quebec.
Conference on Time Use and Economic Well-Being Levy Institute, Bard College, New York , October 28-29, 2005.
Atlantic Policy Forum on Equalization Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, Halifax, June 14, 2005
Fifth Annual Meeting of the University Working Groups on the Social Dimensions of Inequality – University of California at Berkeley, 12 May 2005
"Labour Market Developments in the United States and Canada Since 2000" New York, December 2, 2004, Seminar sponsored by New York Federal Reserve Board, the New York Association for Business Economics and Canadian Consulate
"Immigration And Out-migration: Atlantic Canada at a Crossroads” Economics Domain Conference / November 18-19, 2004 World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax
Expert Round Table on the "Review of the Employment Insurance Coverage Measures" Ottawa, November 6, 2004,
October 15-16, 2004 Levy Institute, Bard College, New York conference on "The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation.”
ACOA NS Vice President’s Academic Forum, “Draft Strategic Focus for ACOA Nova Scotia” Halifax, November 19, 2003
PRI-SSHRC Policy Research Roundtable: Implications for Policy-Making of Current Research on Poverty and Exclusion November 14, 2003, Ottawa
Human Resource Development Canada - “Dialogue with External Experts on an Integrated Social and Labour Market Policy Framework” - Hull, July 31, 2003
Metropolis - “Conversation on Immigration Levels”, Ottawa, June 26, 2003
"International Perspectives on Household Wealth” Levy Institute Conference , Bard College, New York, October 17-18, 2003
Levy Institute Mobility Conference , Bard College, New York, October 18, 2002
Twenty Seventh General Conference of the International Association of Research on Income and Wealth, August 19-23, 2002, Stockholm, Sweden
Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings, McGill University, Montreal, June 1 & 2, 2001
Canadian Employment Research Forum, McGill University, Montreal, May 30, 2001
Canadian Employment Research Forum, Conference on Rural and Urban Labour Markets, Sudbury, Ontario, September 8/9 , 2000
- Discussant - September 8
- Policy Implications: Panel, September 9
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Twenty-Sixth General Conference, August 28 & 31, 2000, Cracow, Poland
The Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, June 7-9, 2000.
Canadian Public Economics Group, May 31, 2000, Vancouver, B.C.
Canadian Employment Research Forum, June 1, 2000; Vancouver, B.C. Conference on “Creating Canada’s Advantage in an Information Age” , Ottawa, May 4, 2000, Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Policy Research Conference on Social Trends, Ottawa, November 25, 1999.
CSLS-Industry Canada Conference on Canada in the 21st Century: A Time for Vision Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, September 17-18, 1999.
"Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Technology and Institutions” Jerome Levy Economics, Institute of Bard College, Annandal on Hudson, New York, June 8-10, 1999.
Ph.D. Nina Ahmed, "Two Essays on the Well-Being of Children," 2002.
Ph.D. Vera Brusentsev, “A Comparison of the Labour Force Participation of Married Women in Three Countries: Australia, Canada and the United States of America,” 1999.
Ph.D. Mary Kilfoil, “Two Essays Examining the Impact on Married Couples Earnings Distributions of Standardizing for Differences in Hours Worked,” 1998.
Ph.D. Fiona McPhail, “Three Essays on Trends in Poverty and Inequality in Canada,” 1996.
Ph.D. Kwabia Boateng, “A Comparative Analysis of Labour Supply Behaviour Among the Immigrant and Canadian-born Population in the Light of the Immigrant Selectivity Hypothesis,” 1993.
Ph.D., Zhengxi Lin, "Three Essays on Inter-temporal Labour Supply" 1992.
Ph.D., Sadi Erksoy, "The Distributional Effects of Disinflation and Unemployment in Canada, 1981-1987" 1992.
Ph.D., Victor Ketso, "Work and the Welfare Costs of Unemployment," 1988.
Ph.D., F. K. Siddiq, "The Distribution of Personal Wealth in Nova Scotia, 1871 and 1899" 1986.
Ph.D., J. Baffoe-Bonnie, "Family Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Setting and Labour Market Segmentation" 1985.
Ph.D., J. W. Rossi, "Two Essays on Income Distribution in Brazil" 1979.
M.D.E., Jiaping Shao, "The Growth of Poor Children in China 1991-2000," 2007.
M.A., Farinaz Kabir, "Female Entrepreneurs in Rural Bangladesh: Evaluating a Pilot Project in Natore, Bangladesh," 2006.
M.A., Golam Mortaza, "Female Labour Force Participation in Developed and Developing Countries: Consideration of Canada and Bangladesh," 2005.
M.A., Jason Murray “Wage Differentials in the Canadian Labour Market: How are the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Affected” 2005
M.A. ,Nan Geng “Generalized Stochastic Earnings Functions, Human Capital and Risk of Return in Urban China” 2004
M.A., Zhouran Zhou “ International Comparison of Fiscal Impact on Alternative Poverty Indexes ”, 2004
M.A., Tammy Schirle, “What is the Impact of Social Assistance Programs on Income Inequality in Canada?” 2000
M.A., Steven Tzeferakos, “Technical Change and Productivity: With Special Emphasis on Machinery and Equipment Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Replacement Investments, and Capital Deepening in Canadian Manufacturing Inductries,” 2000.
M.A., Michael Rushe, "The Distribution of Joblessness of Women: Does Unemployment Insurance Play a Role?" 1995.
M.D.E., Suzanne Chisholm, "Education and Economic Development in the Economies in Transition: A Survey of the Baltic States" 1995
M.A., Lucie Zeman, "The Effects of Disability on the Labour Market Activities of Canadians" 1994.
M.A., Carol Knox, " Canada's Voluntary Sector: Who Donates Their Time and What is the value of the Services Provided" 1994.
M.A., Rick Audas, "Factors Influencing the Probability of Dropping Out of School" 1994
M.D.E., Nina Ahmed, "Job Mobility and Wage Determination" 1994.
M.A., Tom McGuire, "Unemployment Insurance Induced Unemployment" 1993.
M.A., Todd Selby, "A Study of the Labour Supply of Single Mothers in Canada" 1992.
M.A., Toby Sanger, "The Information Economy in Canada" 1991.
M.A., Mary Jane Marchand, "Persistence of Poverty among Maritime Working Families" 1991.
M.A., Randy Jewers, "An Assessment of the Role of Literacy in the Canadian Labour Market" 1990.
M.A., Tom Butterly, "The Impact of declining Husbands income on the labour force participation of married females with an
assessment of the impact of increasing labour force participation on family income levels 1973 to 1984" 1989.
M.D.E., Kau Msimango, "The Structure of Earnings in South Africa's Gold-Mining Industry" 1989.
M.A., Mark Poirier, "A Hedonic Price Model and Demand Equation for Housing" 1987.
M.A., Francine Noftle, "An Empirical Model of a Labour Supply Function for Married Women and an Evaluation of the Significance of Omitted Variable and Sample Selection Biases" 1987.
M.A., G. Hack, "The Impact of Nova Scotia's Minimum Wage Law" 1982.
M.A., P. Shaw, "A Micro-Level Test of Marginal Productivity and Human Capital Theory" 1981.
M.A., J. Baffoe-Bonnie, "Education and Economic Growth in Ghana" 1981.
M.A., C. Dumas, "Labour Supply of Low-Income Families" 1980.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Sabbatical Leave Fellowship, 1983-84.
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75.
University Fellowship, Yale University, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75.
First Class Honours in Economics, Queen's University, 1968.
General Course Registrant, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1966-67.
University Fellowship in Political Science, Queen's University, 1965.
Chair of Economics Department 2006-
Departmental Committees:
Staffing 1997-2001 and 2002-
Chair Unit Review 1998-1999 and 2005-2006
Seminar Co-ordinator 1994-1997 and 2004-2005
Killam Lecture Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2004-2006
Promotion and Tenure Committee, Faculty of Science, 2002-2003
Other:
Academic Director - Regional Data Centre - Statistics Canada / SSHRC / Dalhousie University 2003-2004
Canadian Economics Association
Association for Research in Income and Wealth
American Economic Association
Canadian Economics Association
- Vice President, 1997-98
- President-Elect, 1998-99
- President, 1999-2000
- Past President, 2000-2001
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
- Chair, Search Committee for Editor and Executive Director, 2002-2003
- Executive Council, 1996-2004
- Review Articles Editor, The Review of Income and Wealth 1990-2007
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office – Expert Reviewer – “Society and Future” Research Programme – Theme T7 ‘Inequality and Social Exclusion” June/July 2007
Review of Proposed MA program in International Public Policy (MIPP) May 2006 Wilfred Laurier
University, Ontario Council on Graduate Studies
LifePaths Advisory Committee, Policy Research Initiative and Population, Work, and Family Research
Expert round table on the "Review of the Employment Insurance Coverage. November 6, 2004, Ottawa
External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba, April 18/19 2005
External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, January 2002
International Advisory Board, Centre for Comparative Public Management and Social Policy, City University of Hong Kong, 2000 - 2002
Israel Science Foundation - referee - April, 2000
SSHRC Adjudication Committees
- Chair - Initiative on the New Economy, Skills Research Initiative Adjudication Committee, April, 2004
- CISS-Data Training Schools - Pilot Project competition, March, 2000
- “Relationships in Transition” Initiative - September, 1999
- Atkinson Foundation - Workshop on Indicators of Well Being, Toronto, October 14, 1999
Member, Advisory Board, Luxembourg Income Study, 1999 - 2002
- Editorial Board - Social Indicators Research
Editorial Advisory Board, Political Economy Series, University of Toronto Press
Expert Witness: Standing Committee on Finance, House of Commons, Ottawa, April 28, 1999
- Advisory Committee to the Minister of Labour on the Changing Workplace, September 1996 to May 1997
- Appraisal Consultant; Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, Review of MA/Ph.D. programmes at Carleton University and University of Ottawa, April-September 1995.
Advisory Panel of Experts on Learning, Human Resource Development Canada, 1995-
Board of Directors - Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa.
Member, Academic Advisory Board of the FOCAL/CIS Joint Research Project "After NAFTA"
Advisory Committee on Labour Demand Data - Statistics Canada, 1994/96
Organizer, Canadian Employment Research Forum Conference on the Evaluation of Unemployment Insurance, Ottawa, October 14-15, 1994.
Economic Issues Advisory Committee, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 1993/94
Expert Witness (Bill C-3 Equalization Transfers), House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Ottawa, Ontario, February 23, 1994.
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Employment Research Forum, 1993-2001
Member, Advisory Committee on Social Conditions, Statistics Canada, 1992-1997.
Advisory Committee on Economic Issues in Constitutional Reform - Province of Nova Scotia, June/December 1991.
Molson Prize Selection Committee, (SSHRC and Canada Council, 1991/92).
Advisory Board, Employment Research Forum, Employment and Immigration Canada, 1991-1993.
Adjudication Committee (Economics) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1990/91.
Social Policy Consultative Committee: Health and Welfare Canada - 1989/93.
Committee on University Research. Royal Society of Canada, 1989-91.
Member, Research Advisory Committee. Canadian Labor Market and Productivity Centre, Ottawa, 1987-.
Member, Advisory Committee on Services, Statistics Canada 1988-92.
Editorial Board Canadian Public Policy, 1988-1995.
Member, Advisory Committee on Social Policy, Economic Council of Canada, 1988-1992.
External Examiner - Ph.D. thesis, Laval University, April 30, 1990.
External Examiner - Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia, November 1993.
External Examiner - Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta, September 1999
External Examiner - Ph.D. thesis, McMaster University, September 2002 and 2004
External Reviewer, Graduate Program in Economics, University of Manitoba, April 2005
American Economic Review
Applied Economics
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Canadian Business Economics
Canadian Journal of Economics
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Canadian Journal of Regional Science
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Canadian Review of Social Policy
Canadian Public Administration
Canadian Public Policy
Contemporary Economic Policy
Demography
Economic Council of Canada
Economic Journal
Economies in Transition
FCAR (Quebec) - Fonds pour Chercheurs et l’Avancement de Recherche
Various commercial publishers
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
National Science Foundation ( USA)
Ontario Economic Council
Review of Income and Wealth
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Social Indicators Research
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)
Social Science Quarterly
Spencer Foundation
Statistics Canada
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
University of Toronto Press
University of Sydney
University of Chicago Press
Review of Income and Wealth,
Social Indicators Research,
Journal of Human Resources,
Canadian Public Policy,
Review of Economics and Statistics
American Economic Review
Eastern Economic Journal
International Productivity Monitor
The Canadian Journal of Sociology
Oxford University Press
Russell Sage Foundation
Russell Sage Press
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
International Economic Review
Tenure and promotion committees at Laval, Cornell, Institute of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, Manitoba, University of British Columbia, McMaster, Calgary, University of Ottawa, Trent, University of Prince Edward Island, Vanderbilt, Simon Fraser University, York University
International Comparisons of Child Health, Principal Investigator: Shelley Phipps Co-Investigator with Peter Burton and Lynn Lethbridge, CPHI $112,000, 2002-2003
“Time and Money: Trends and Implications for Comparisons of Poverty and Inequality” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant $53,990 2001-2004
“Economic Inequality, Public Goods Provision and Social Outcomes: National and Cross-National Differences”
$ 331,650 2001-2004 Russell Sage Foundation (Co-Investigator with Tim Smeeding)
Co-investigator, SSHRCC, Major Collaborative Research Initiative - “Equality, Security and Community: Explaining and Improving the Well-Being of Canadians” 1998-2003 - based at CRESP (Centre for Research on Economic and Social Policy), University of British Columbia.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant 1997-2000, $53,000.
Human Resource Development Canada, Research Contract, $17,940, 1996-97, Micro-simulation scenario modelling.
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, $45,000 1996-97 “Pension Policy Issues in Microsimulation”.
“Labour Market Modelling in DYNACAN”, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Ottawa, 1995-1996.
Canada Council (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Research Grant 1993-1997.
"The Distributional and Redistributional Impacts of Unemployment Insurance" (with S. Phipps) Employment and Immigration Canada, March 1993 to March 1995.
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