Time on the job: Intensity and Ontario’s prosperity gap Working Paper 9 - September 2006
Ontario workers are on the job about three and half fewer weeks annually than their counterparts in US peer states and this is costing $3,700 per capita in lower prosperity. Much of the gap in hours worked – the intensity gap – is the result of preferences for more vacations in Ontario. However, a significant percentage of the gap is because many Ontarians are working part-time but would prefer to work full-time. The intensity gap is also wider among more highly educated and higher income Ontarians. These are some of the key conclusions of Working Paper 9, Time on the job: Intensity and Ontario’s prosperity gap released today by the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity.
