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Economy Security in Nova Scotia

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  • Lars Osberg
  • Andrew Sharpe

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This report constructs an index of economic security for Nova Scotia using the CSLS methodology, covering the 1981–2007 period. It examines four components of economic security—security from unemployment, illness, single-parent poverty, and old-age poverty—and compares Nova Scotia's performance to Canadian provincial averages. Nova Scotia ranked third out of ten provinces in 1981 and fourth in 2007. The report also examines three components of the social safety net: minimum wages, social assistance benefits, and child benefits, finding that welfare benefits in Nova Scotia declined more sharply in real terms than the Canadian average.

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  • Lars Osberg & Andrew Sharpe, 2008. "Economy Security in Nova Scotia," CSLS Research Reports 2008-05, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    • Handle: RePEc:sls:resrep:0805
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    1. Nataliia Zachosova, 2019. "Innovative Approach In The Estimatology Of Financial Institutions Economic Security: Possibilities Of Use In Management And Regulatory Activity Within The Means Of Provision Of The State Financial Security," Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, Publishing house "Baltija Publishing", vol. 5(2).
    2. Nicholas Rohde & Kam Ki Tang & D.S. Prasada Rao, 2014. "Distributional Characteristics of Income Insecurity in the U.S., Germany, and Britain," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 60(S1), pages 159-176, May.
    3. Nicholas Rohde & Kam Ki Tang & Prasada Rao, 2011. "Income volatility and insecurity in the U.S., Germany and Britain," Discussion Papers Series 434, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.

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