Exploring social insurance : can a dose of Europe cure Canadian health care finance?

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ISBN: 9781553391364 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1553391365 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : [Published for the] School of Policy Studies, Queen's University [by] McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

General Note:	Proceedings of a conference held in Toronto, Ont., Nov. 9-10, 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction : integrating diverse perspectives on human capital development / Garnett Picot, Ron Saunders and Arthur Sweetman -- 2. The effects of deficits in health status in childhood and adolescence on human capital development in early adulthood / Cameron Mustard, Emile Tompa and Jacob Etches -- 3. Socio-economic status and human capital : recent Canadian evidence / Lori J. Curtis -- 4. The impact of education on economic and social outcomes : an overview of recent advances in economics / W. Craig Riddell -- 5. Increasing adaptive expertise : the next frontier in human capital development / Jacqueline P. Leighton -- 6. Human capital development and education / Robert Crocker -- 7. Human capital development and the frontiers of research in the sociology of education / Stephen L. Morgan and Mark W. McKerrow -- 8. Human capital, civic engagement and political participation : turning skills and knowledge into engagement and action / Brenda O'Neill.