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On Measuring the Social Opportunity Cost of Permanent and Temporary Employment

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins

    (Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada and Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus)

  • Chun-Yan Kuo

    (Senior Fellow, John Deutsch International, Department of Economics, Queen’s University, Canada,)

Abstract

A model is developed to evaluate the social opportunity cost of labour employed in permanent and temporary jobs. It allows for labour migration between regions and includes a measurement of the secondary impact of job creation pro- grams on the regions. An application of the model is carried out for the Cape Breton region of Canada. The principal policy conclusion is that the social opportunity cost per man-year of permanent employment is significantly less than the social opportunity cost per man-year of temporary employment; therefore, governments should be concerned not only with the number of jobs created by their programs but also with the quality of employment opportunities made available.

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins & Chun-Yan Kuo, 1978. "On Measuring the Social Opportunity Cost of Permanent and Temporary Employment," Development Discussion Papers 1978-10, JDI Executive Programs.
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    1. Graham Glenday & Glenn F. Jenkins, 1984. "Industrial Dislocation And The Private Cost Of Labor Adjustment," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 2(4), pages 23-36, January.
    2. Chun-Yan Kuo, 1997. "Evaluating the Social Cost of Job Creation," Development Discussion Papers 1991-12, JDI Executive Programs.
    3. Horbulyk, Theodore M., 2000. "The social cost of labor in rural development: job creation benefits re-examined," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 199-208, January.
    4. Glenn Jenkins & Chun-Yan Kuo & Arnold C. Harberger, 2011. "Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 12 (The Economic Opportunity Cost of Labor)," Development Discussion Papers 2011-12, JDI Executive Programs.
    5. Glenn P. Jenkins & Chun-Yan kuo & Arnold C. Harberger, 2020. "Analyse Couts-Avantages Pour Les Decisions D’Investissement Chapitre 12; L'opportunité Économique Coût Du Travail," Development Discussion Papers 2020-12, JDI Executive Programs.
    6. Lacroix, R. & Martin, F., 1987. "Governments and the Decentralization," Cahiers de recherche 8728, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
    7. A. Markandya, 2000. "Employment and Environmental Protection," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 15(4), pages 297-322, April.
    8. Edoardo Mollona & David Hales, 2006. "Knowledge-Based Jobs and the Boundaries of Firms Agent-based Simulation of Firms Learning and Workforce Skill Set Dynamics," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 27(1), pages 35-62, February.

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    Keywords

    :Social opportunity cost; employment; labour; Canada;
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    JEL classification:

    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General

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