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Public investment in skills: are Canadian governments doing enough?(The Education Papers)
October 1, 2005... Most observers view Canada as a country that has a good education system with a high level of public funding. However, its performance in generating a skilled labour force does not stand out among the 30 member countries of the Organisation for...
Making it pay to work: improving the work incentives in Canada's public pension system.
October 15, 2005... In this issue...
The Canada and Quebec Pension Plans (CPP/QPP) promote longer working life by paying later retirees higher pensions. But the income-tested Guaranteed Income Supplement claws these CPP/QPP payments back from modest-income...
Selling postsecondary education: the role of private vocational and career colleges.(The Education Papers)
October 16, 2005... In this issue...
Private career colleges play a key role in post-secondary education. Their rapid response to demands for training enhances labour market flexibility. The sector needs better self-regulation and its students should receive...
Carrots & sticks: the effect of recent spending and tax changes on the incentive to attend university.
October 31, 2005... In this issue...
Measures of the effective rates of tax and subsidy summarize the extent to which governments discourage or encourage university studies. Contrary to popular wisdom, recent changes in government policy have improved the...
Recent C.D. Howe Institute publications.
October 31, 2005... October 2005 Milligan, Kevin. Making It Pay to Work: Improving the Work Incentives in Canada's Public Pension System. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 218.
October 2005 Coulombe, Serge and Jean Francois Tremblay. Public Investment Skills:...