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# CSLS Conference on the Structural Aspects of Unemployment

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# CSLS Conference on the Structural Aspects of Unemployment

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Andrew Sharpe, Tim Sargent. CSLS Conference on the Structural Aspects of Unemployment. April 1999 | CP-03 | 520 pages. https://csls.ca/research/csls-conference-on-the-structural-aspects-of-unemployment/.

## Authors:

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Andrew Sharpe
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

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Tim Sargent
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); Macdonald-Laurier Institute

## CP-03

April 1999 520 pages

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A CSLS conference examining the structural aspects of unemployment in Canada, organised at the request of Finance Canada and Human Resources Development Canada. Much of the increase in Canadian unemployment in the early 1990s had been reversed, although the employment-population ratio remained well below previous peaks; the conference set out to shed new light on the characteristics of the non-employed and the structural problems making it difficult for them to find regular employment. The experience of countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which had lowered unemployment below previous cyclical peaks with generally low and stable inflation, formed an important component. Opening remarks were given by Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Human Resources Development, with a closing panel on policies to reduce structural unemployment. Most of the papers were subsequently published in the July 2000 Canadian Public Policy supplement (see JS-01).

Conférence du CENV consacrée aux aspects structurels du chômage au Canada, organisée à la demande du ministère des Finances du Canada et de Développement des ressources humaines Canada. La hausse du chômage canadien du début des années 1990 avait en grande partie été résorbée, mais le rapport emploi-population demeurait bien en deçà de ses sommets antérieurs. La conférence visait à mieux cerner les caractéristiques des personnes sans emploi et les problèmes structurels qui leur rendent difficile l’accès à un emploi régulier. L’expérience des États-Unis, du Royaume-Uni et des Pays-Bas, qui avaient réussi à abaisser le chômage sous les sommets conjoncturels antérieurs tout en maintenant une inflation faible et stable, en constituait un volet important. Le mot d’ouverture a été prononcé par le ministre Pierre Pettigrew.

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