Format:
Online-Ressource (14 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1451852045
,
9781451852042
Series Statement:
IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 03/97
Content:
Differences in per capita output across Canadian provinces have narrowed less than disparities in per capita income in past decades. Using a panel regression framework, this paper studies the differential impact of federal transfer programs on output convergence. The evidence suggests that while the Employment Insurance (EI) system seems to have had a significant negative effect on output convergence?by discouraging migration within Canada?the Equalization transfers may have helped spur convergence. The EI system, despite reforms introduced in the 1990s, still appears to contain features that deter labor mobility
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Swagel, Phillip Regional Convergence and the Role of Federal Transfers in Canada Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003 ISBN 9781451852042
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5089/9781451852042.001
