Centre for the Study of Living Standards

🛑On Dec 18, 2024, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) and The Productivity Institute (TPI) at the University of Manchester released the 47th issue of their flagship publication, the International Productivity Monitor. The issue contains symposia on industrial policy and productivity and on climate change and productivity by a number of leading international researchers in these fields. The full issue can be found at csls.ca/ipm.asp.

📉On October 30, 2024, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards released the research report "Explaining the Post-2017 Fall in Productivity in the Transport Sector in Canada" commissioned by Transport Canada. The report sheds light on the nature of the considerable fall in productivity growth in the transportation and warehousing sector and its implications for the business sector productivity in Canada. It also compares the Canadian transportation productivity performance relative to other advanced economies. Three of the transportation sub-industries, namely air transport, public transit and trucking are found to account for over 78 per cent of the fall in labour productivity growth in the sector between 2017 and 2023. The report provides a detailed analysis of how and why productivity fell in these industries. The report is accessible at: csls.ca/reports/csls20…

In a new report on the state of Canadian families, jointly published by @MLInstitute & @cslsottawa, @TCSargent warns that declining family formation & deteriorating fertility are serious problems that must be a top priority for policymakers in Canada: macdonaldlaurier.ca/canada-family-…

📉 A new report by @cslsottawa entitled” Decline and fall: Trends in family formation and fertility in Canada since 2001,” jointly published by the @MLInstitute Institute finds that being part of a family provides incredible benefits, both in terms of income and broader well-being. A few highlights: ·       Adjusting for economies of scale (recognizing that couples require only 1.5 the income of a single person to have the same standard of living) the average single 35-45-year-old has only 49.2 percent of the income of their coupled counterpart. ·       Single parent homes have approximately 35-40 percent less income per family member relative to a two-parent family. ·       Married people have significantly lower incidence of, and better survival rates from both cancer and cardiovascular disease, are less stressed, and are less likely to suffer from depression and other emotional pathologies. Yet despite the overwhelming benefit Canadians are now significantly less likely to form families, and when they do, fewer are choosing to have kids. ·       The proportion of those aged 25-29 who are in a couple dropped by 10.9 percentage points between 2001-2021; younger people are increasingly delaying marriage or common-law relationships into the late 30s or early 40s, with a growing fraction of people remaining single well into middle age. ·       Canada’s fertility rate was only 1.3 in 2022, down from 1.6 in 2016. Policies that make housing more affordable, use the tax system to incentivize family growth and the raising of children, subsidize daycare, and address the rising problem of credentialism by finding ways to reduce the formal educational requirements for jobs will allow young people to marry, afford a house, and have children earlier. 🔍 Read more about our findings here: lnkd.in/ebKEhbyS #cdnecon #economics #family #fertility #affordibility

🚀 Big news! Raising wages for Early Childhood Educators could attract over 100K ECEs, boost economic returns, & uplift working moms. Discover the powerful impact in our new study with @cslsottawa & @YMCA_Canada #ECE #CanadaEconomy #ChildCare 📈🔗 Dive in: csls.ca/reports/csls20…

📢 New Report Alert! Investing in Early Childhood Educators is a smart economic move. A study by @cslsottawa for @YMCA_Canadashows that boosting ECE wages could generate up to $2.06 for every dollar spent! Read more: csls.ca/reports/csls20…

#Canada’s businesses are less than 70 per cent as productive as their American counterparts—the biggest productivity gap since the War. Find out more in 45th issue of our flagship publication the International Productivity Monitor csls.ca/ipm.asp

On June 29, 2021, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) in collaboration with The Productivity Institute (TPI) in the UK released the Spring 2021 issue of its flagship publication, the International Productivity Monitor. csls.ca/ipm.asp

On June 8, 2021, the CSLS released the report "The Productivity Performance of New Brunswick Manufacturing: A Detailed Analysis, 1997-2019". This research report, analyzes New Brunswick's productivity performance in manufacturing in the past 20 years. csls.ca/reports/csls20…

The CSLS organized 2 panels at the Canadian Economic Association's conference: 1. "Improving Economic Policy Advising in Canada" on June 3 2021 2. In partnership with the Atlantic Institute for Policy Research (AIPR) on June 4 2021

On May 28, 2021 CSLS Executive Director Andrew Sharpe made a presentation to the Prosperity Action Committee of the Senate of Canada entitled "An Agenda for Equitable Growth in Canada." A paper upon which the presentation was based can be found at csls.ca/equitable-grow…

Stay tuned for updates on what CSLS has been doing this year! #Canada #Canadian #economy #economics #researcher #government #law #policy #Productivity #UPDATE #updates #news

The CSLS is hosting two sessions at this week's CEA virtual conference, register at economics.ca/events/55th-an…

The CSLS and The Productivity Institute released a call for papers on the topic "Productivity and Well-being: Measurement and Linkages" to be published in the Spring 2022 issue of the International Productivity Monitor. The deadline is July 15. Head to our website for more info.

The Centre has released the Fall 2020 issue of the International Productivity Monitor. This 39th issue can be read at csls.ca/ipm.asp.

CSLS is excited to announce its receipt of the #ISQOLS Award for the Betterment of the Human Condition on Friday, September 11th. To learn more about this prestigious award, visit isqols.org/Award-for-the-….

Thank you @TheHillTimes for featuring our report. Read the full report at csls.ca/reports/csls20….

Thank you to @financialpost for discussing our report, "Holes in the Social Safety Net: Poverty, Inequality and Social Assistance in Canada". The full report can be read on the CSLS website at csls.ca/reports/csls20….

Coming up on @TheDriveOn770 3:37 Martin Ferguson-Pell, @UofARehabMed 4:09 Dr. Andrew Sharpe, @cslsottawa 4:40 @JSenickGlobal 4:43 @franco_nomics 5:12 @solzia, Calgary Hotel Association 5:19 Humphrey Banack, Alberta Federation of Agriculture 5:43 Dr. Hans Larsson, @mcgillu

Today, the Centre has officially released the report "Holes in the Social Safety Net: Poverty, Inequality and Social Assistance in Canada". The full report can be read at csls.ca/reports/csls20….