Browsing by Author "Ruggeri, Giuseppe"

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    Convergence in a Small Open Economy
    Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Yang, Fan
    This paper used data for the ten Canadian provinces to determine whether there was convergence of regional disparities during the 1961-99 period. The results show mixed evidence on convergence. There was convergence of nominal output, but no convergence of real output, per capita or per worker. During the 1984-99 period, there was no convergence of output, per capita or per worker, in nominal and in real terms. However, there was convergence of personal income per capita over the entire period and for the two sub-periods. Government transfers to persons increased the speed of convergence of personal income per capita.
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    Convergence in a Small Open Economy
    Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Yang, Fan
    This paper used data for the ten Canadian provinces to determine whether there was convergence of regional disparities during the 1961-99 period. The results show mixed evidence on convergence. There was convergence of nominal output, but no convergence of real output, per capita or per worker. During the 1984-99 period, there was no convergence of output, per capita or per worker, in nominal and in real terms. However, there was convergence of personal income per capita over the entire period and for the two sub-periods. Government transfers to persons increased the speed of convergence of personal income per capita.
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    Equity Aspects of Tax Preferences
    Fougère, Maxime; Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Vincent, Carole
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    Equity Aspects of Tax Preferences
    Fougère, Maxime; Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Vincent, Carole
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    Human Capital and Convergence in Canada
    Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Huang, Haifang
    The BMS model predicts the same speed of convergence for human capital and output per effective labour. Coulombe and Tremblay (1999) applied the model to the Canadian provincial economies during the 1961-1996 period and found support to this prediction. This paper tests the convergence of human capital in Canada during the 1976-1 999 period following the same theoretical framework The results show no evidence of convergence on the favoured indicators. Moreover, the test on the relationship between the human capital indicator and the labour productivity indicator suggests persisting interprovincial differences in labour productivity that have not been reduced either by the relative accumulation of human capital or by exogenous factors operating through time.
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    Human Capital and Convergence in Canada
    Ruggeri, Giuseppe; Huang, Haifang
    The BMS model predicts the same speed of convergence for human capital and output per effective labour. Coulombe and Tremblay (1999) applied the model to the Canadian provincial economies during the 1961-1996 period and found support to this prediction. This paper tests the convergence of human capital in Canada during the 1976-1 999 period following the same theoretical framework The results show no evidence of convergence on the favoured indicators. Moreover, the test on the relationship between the human capital indicator and the labour productivity indicator suggests persisting interprovincial differences in labour productivity that have not been reduced either by the relative accumulation of human capital or by exogenous factors operating through time.