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Forest Industry Employment: A Jurisdictional Comparison

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  • Gregg Delcourt
  • Bill Wilson

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There is a renewed interest in interventionist options to reduce the magnitude and persistance of the structural unemployment in developed economies. Forestry has a broad history of such policy intervention. This study examines the relative levels of forest sector employment across a selection of jurisdictions in an effort to identify successful interventions. An index of direct jobs per thousand cubic metres of timber harvested is estimated for each jurisdiction, employment and harvest numbers are standardized, and employment levels are adjusted for both exchange and wage rate differences. The results indicate a rough uniformity in employment levels across jurisdictions, a trend to capital substitution in place of labour, and direct employment gains from forward integration into paper and paperboard products.

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  • Gregg Delcourt & Bill Wilson, 1998. "Forest Industry Employment: A Jurisdictional Comparison," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 24(s2), pages 11-25, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:24:y:1998:i:s2:p:11-25
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    1. Krcmar, Emina & Nelson, Harry & van Kooten, G. Cornelis & Vertinsky, Ilan & Webb, Jim, 2005. "Can Forest Management Strategies Sustain The Development Needs Of The Little Red River Cree First Nation?," Working Papers 37012, University of Victoria, Resource Economics and Policy.
    2. van Kooten, G. Cornelis & Nijnik, Maria & Bradford, Kimpton, 2019. "Can carbon accounting promote economic development in forest-dependent, indigenous communities?," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 68-74.

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