Social justice and the economics of the minimum wage
Our goal should be decent wages for all workers. The way to get there is to push for higher productivity in low-wage sectors by raising wages while maintaining full employment.
Empowering Workers
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Talk of “the end of jobs” hides real labour market issues
The problem with the “end of jobs” narrative is that it disarms us by suggesting that massive technological forces out of our control are most to blame for our problems. That is not the case.
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Labour market policy is about more than unemployment
The biggest gap in our current labour market policy is the lack of opportunities for life-long learning.
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The economics (and ethics) of affordable child care
Policies that make good quality child care more affordable for families can increase women’s employment opportunities and change the way that the market rewards women’s work.
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Higher education no silver bullet in fight against inequality
A key challenge for Canadians is to increase the number of highly skilled, highly productive, well paid job sought by the many young people leaving our post-secondary educational institutions.
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The Return of the Gilded Age: Consequences, Causes and Solutions
The Harry Kitchen Lecture in Public Policy was delivered by the Broadbent Institute’s Andrew Jackson, on April 8, 2015 to the Department of Economics at Trent University.
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Youth unemployment and Canada’s jobless non-recovery
It is hardly surprising, in view of all these retrograde developments in the job market, that inequality is increasing.
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Indigenous workers in Canada: new data points to steep unemployment
Whenever we’re talking about labour market strategies and good jobs, it’s important to keep in mind that for some workers there are systemic barriers that need to be addressed.
