A Regional Perspective on the Canada-US Standards of Living Comparison
This paper presents a comparison of standards of living between Canadian provinces and U.S. states. Most comparisons with the United States focus on the national perspective, while provincial analyses are essentially restricted to the domestic context. This study extends the scope of the exercise...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre for the Study of Living Standards
2000-09-01
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| Series: | International Productivity Monitor |
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| Online Access: | http://www.csls.ca/ipm/1/letourneau-e.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper presents a comparison of standards of living between Canadian
provinces and U.S. states. Most comparisons with the United States focus on the
national perspective, while provincial analyses are essentially restricted to the
domestic context. This study extends the scope of the exercise to the regional
level since, as shown in our previous studies,1
the relative performance of the
provinces varies significantly and, therefore, the challenges raised by the greater
integration of the North-American market are also likely to differ. The comparison
focuses on standards of living with a special emphasis on labour productivity.
The paper is divided as follows. First, we present our framework of analysis
and discuss issues related to the comparison of productivity and standards of
living at the regional level between the two countries. We then move to a
discussion of standard of living and productivity. Each of these sections presents
a separate analysis of U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and a comparison of
both. The paper concludes with a brief review of our main results. |
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| ISSN: | 1492-9759 1492-9767 |