Rethinking Canadian Economic Growth and Development since 1900 The Quebec Case /

• Main Author: Geloso, Vincent (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Macroeconomics.; Public finance.; Labor economics.; Economic history.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Economic History.; Economic Growth.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Labor Economics.; Public Economics.

This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments delay o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Québec’s economic development from 1900 to 1939
• Chapter 3. The Great Catch-Up of 1945-1960: Economic conditions
• Chapter 4. The Great Catch-Up of 1945-1960: Health and Education
• Chapter 5. The Great Catch-Up of 1945-1960: Quebeckers’ social behaviour and the Church
• Chapter 6. Explaining the Great Stagnation
• Chapter 7. Explaining the transition to the Great Catch-up
• Chapter 8. The Quiet Decline (1960–today): Economic conditions
• Chapter 9. The Quiet Decline (1960–today): Education
• Chapter 10. Explaining the Quiet Decline
• Chapter 11. Conclusion.