Economics Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations: Recent submissions

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  • Social Protection of the Elderly in Tanzania: Current Status and Future Possibilities 

    Osberg, Lars, and Thadeus Mboghoina. 2010. Social Protection of the Elderly in Tanzania: Current Status and Future Possibilities. Research on Poverty Alleviation, Special Issue:10/5
    Based on United Nations demographic estimates, the number of Tanzanians over 60 years of age is expected to almost triple between 2020 and 2050. As a consequence, the government is likely to face escalating pressure to ...

  • Pulling Apart - The Growing Gulfs in Canadian Society 

    Osberg, Lars. 2006. "PULLING APART -- THE GROWING GULFS IN CANADIAN SOCIETY." Policy Options 27(4): 51-54.

  • Why the Increase in Inequality Matters 

    Osberg, Lars. (2015). Why the Increase in Inequality Matters. Policy Options, 2015:March-April

  • Inter-generational effects of disability benefits: evidence from Canadian social assistance programs 

    Osberg, Lars, Shelley Phipps and Kelly Chen. 2015. Inter-generational effects of disability benefits: evidence from Canadian social assistance programs. Journal of Population Economics, 28:873–910 . DOI 10.1007/s00148-015-0557-9
    Individuals with disabilities face greater challenges in the labor market than able-bodied individuals, and a growing body of research is finding that their children also tend to have more developmental problems than the ...

  • The Effect of Economic Insecurity on Mental Health: Recent Evidence from Australian Panel Data 

    Rohde, N., Tang, K., Osberg, L., Rao, P. 2016 The Effect of Economic Insecurity on Mental Health: Recent Evidence from Australian Panel Data, Social Science & Medicine. 151:250-258. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.014.
    This paper estimates the impact of economic insecurity on the mental health of Australian adults. Taking microdata from the 2001-2011 HILDA panel survey, we develop a conceptually diverse set of insecurity measures and ...

  • Trends in Economic Well-Being in Canada in the 1990s 

    Osberg, Lars, and Andrew Sharpe. 2001. "Trends in Economic Well-Being in Canada in the 1990s." In , 233-245. Montreal;Ottawa: Institute for Research on Public Policy;Centre for the Study of Living Standards.

  • Canadian Retirement Incomes: How Much Do Financial Market Returns Matter? 

    Osberg, Lars, Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald. 2014. Canadian Retirement Incomes: How Much Do Financial Market Returns Matter? Canadian Public Policy, 40(4):315-338. doi:10.3138/cpp.2013-009

  • Canada's Declining Social Safety Net, The Case for EI Reform 

    Osberg, Lars. 2009. Canada's Declining Social Safety Net, The Case for EI Reform. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • How should we measure poverty in a changing world? Methodological issues and Chinese case study 

    Osberg, L., and Kuan Xu. 2007. "How should we measure poverty in a changing world? Methodological issues and Chinese case study." Unpublished.
    No abstract available.

  • A Quarter Century of Economic Inequality in Canada: 1981-2006 

    Osberg, L.. 2008. "A Quarter Century of Economic Inequality in Canada: 1981-2006." Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives April.
    No abstract available.

  • Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Economic Welfare in Canada 1975 - 1994 

    Osberg, L.. 1997. "Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Economic Welfare in Canada 1975 - 1994." North American Journal of Economics and Finance 8(2): 153.
    No abstract available.

  • Needs and Wants: What Is Social Progress and How Should It Be Measured? 

    Osberg, Lars. 2001. "Needs and Wants: What Is Social Progress and How Should It Be Measured?." In , 23-41. Montreal;Ottawa: Institute for Research on Public Policy; Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    No abstract available.

  • Intertwined Epidemics: National Demographic Trends in Hospitalizations for Heroin- and Opioid-Related Overdoses, 1993-2009 

    Unick, George Jay, Daniel Rosenblum, Sarah Mars, and Daniel Ciccarone. 2013. "Intertwined Epidemics: National Demographic Trends in Hospitalizations for Heroin- and Opioid-Related Overdoses, 1993-2009." Plos One 8(2): 54496-e54496. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054496
    The historical patterns of opiate use show that sources and methods of access greatly influence who is at risk. Today, there is evidence that an enormous increase in the availability of prescription opiates is fuelling a ...

  • COMMENTARY 

    Osberg, Lars. 2005. "COMMENTARY." Economic Policy Review - Federal Reserve Bank of New York 11(1): 19-22.
    As Richard B. Freeman and William M. Rodgers III document, the past four years has been the weakest recovery from a US recession in the past forty years -- employment creation in the 2001-2004 period has fallen short of ...

  • Fishing in different pools: Job-search strategies and job-finding success in Canada in the early 1980s 

    Osberg, Lars. 1993. "Fishing in different pools: Job-search strategies and job-finding success in Canada in the early 1980s." Journal of Labor Economics 11(2): 348.
    The job-search methods of jobless workers are examined in an analysis that emphasizes sample selectivity in choice of job-search strategies, especially the use of public employment agencies. Longitudinal data from the Labor ...

  • The Equity/Efficiency Trade-Off in Retrospect 

    Osberg, Lars. 1995. "The Equity/Efficiency Trade-Off in Retrospect." Canadian Business Economics 3(3): 5-19.
    No abstract available.

  • Concepts of Unemployment and the Structure of Employment 

    Osberg, Lars. 1995. "Concepts of Unemployment and the Structure of Employment." Economie Appliquee 48(1): 157-181.
    Section 1 notes that a continuing reason for dissatisfaction with the economics literature on employment is its focus on the decision-making of workers, rather than that of firms, and its neglect of shifting structures of ...

  • How much of Canada's unemployment is structural? 

    Osberg, L., and ZX Lin. 2000. "How much of Canada's unemployment is structural?." Canadian Public Policy-Analyse De Politiques 26: 141-S157.
    This paper starts from the definition that "structural unemployment occurs when workers are unable to fill available jobs because they lack the skills, do not live where jobs are available, or are unwilling to work at the ...

  • Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India 

    Motiram, Sripad, and Lars Osberg. 2010. "Social Capital and Basic Goods: The Cautionary Tale of Drinking Water in India." Economic Development and Cultural Change 59(1): 63-94.
    This study uses micro-data from the 1998-99 Indian Time Use Survey (ITUS; covering 77,593 persons in 18,591 households in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa, and Haryana) to argue that time use data ...

  • A Distribution-Free Test for Deprivation Dominance 

    Xu, Kuan, and Lars Osberg. 1998. "A Distribution-Free Test for Deprivation Dominance." Econometric Reviews 17(4): 415-429.
    The Rawlsian perspective on social policy pays particular attention to the least advantaged members of society, but how should "the least advantaged" be identified? The concept of deprivation dominance operationalizes in ...