Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages

Acknowledgments Preface Overview Panel I: North American Linkages: Social and Labour Market Issues for Canada Part I: The Extent and Evolution of Canada-U.S. Economic Integration 1. Border Effects: Assessing their Implications for Canadian Policy in a North American Context Comment 2. Border Effects and North American Economic Integration: Where are we Now? Comment Part II: Labour Market Impacts of Canada-U.S. Economic Integration 3. Trade Liberalization and the Labour Market Comment 4. The Political Economy of North American Integration, Labour Market Adjustments and Plant Closures in Canada Comment Part III: Adjustments by Firms and Workers to Canada-U.S. Economic Integration 5. Leaving and Coming Back to Canada: Evidence From Longitudinal Data Comment 6. Innovation and Response in Industrial Relations and Workplace Practices Under Increased Canada-U.S. Economic Integration Comment Panel II: Assessing the Extent of Current Canada-U.S. Economic Linkages and their Costs and Benefits Part IV: Implications Of Canada-U.S. Integration for Social Policy: Is There a Race to the Bottom? 7. Does Economic Integration Lead to Social Policy Convergence? An Analysis of North American Linkages and Social Policy Comment 8. Redistribution, Social Protection and North American Linkages: The Prospects for Distinctive Canadian Social Policy Under Increased North American Labour Mobility Comment Part V: Assessing the Extent and Consequences of Canada-U.S. Labour Mobility 9. Labour Mobility Between Canada And The United States: Quo Vadis 2004? Comment 10. A Simple General Equilibrium Model with International Labour Market Linkages Comment Part VI: Analytical and Policy Implications of Cross-Border Labour Market Integration 11. Fiscal Policy, Human Capital and Canada-U.S. Labour Market Integration Comment 12. Productivity and North American Labour Market Integration: New Analytical Perspectives Comment Panel III: Assessing the Merit of Easing Further the Movements of Workers Between Canada and the United States Conference Programme About the Contributors