OBJECTIVE This paper aims to assess the affordability of a nutritious diet for households earning minimum wage in Nova Scotia (NS) from 2002 to 2012 using an economic simulation that includes food costing and secondary data. METHODS The cost of the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB) was assessed with a stratified, random sample of grocery stores in NS during six time periods: 2002, 2004/2...

in Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, P. Hall and D. Soskice, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Chinese translation forthcoming from SDX Publishers) Robert J. Franzese, Jr.* ABSTRACT: This chapter considers institutional complementarities at the macroeconomic level. It examines unemployment and inflation management in developed democracies, s...

globalization may have different impacts on the gender wage gap depending on the specialization and trade pattern as well as the socio-economic situation. the main purpose of this paper is to examine an impact of globalization on gender wage inequality. specifically, the hypothesis is that globalization reduces gender wage gap. for this, we have employed a panel technique for 21 selected develo...

In the Kaleckian theoretical framework, an economy's demand regime is characterized as either wage-led or profit-led depending on relative effect of increase in wage share consumption, investment, and net exports. Based this a vast empirical literature has focused estimating regimes numerous countries. Although they contribute to better understanding relationship between distribution different ...

In a post-Keynesian growth model with two types of workers, an attempt is taken to understand changes in financial behaviour and income distribution their macroeconomic causes consequences. For relatively strong speed adjustment the market weak reserve army effect, stable steady state achieved wage-led demand regime. An endogenous perpetual business cycles may emerge both regimes. While some sc...