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Canadian Inequality: Recent Development and Policy Options
Fortin, Nicole M.; Green, David A.; Lemieux, Thomas; … - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
Considerable concern has recently been expressed about growing income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has been in general terms and focused on the U.S. experience. To understand whether and how Canada ought to respond to this development, we need to be clear on the facts. This paper...
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The Unexplored Effect of Skills and Technology on Firms' Performance
Sedita, Silvia Rita - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2004
The aim of this paper is to add new findings to the knowledge based view of the firm, where the cross-learning ability …, especially in the present knowledge-based economy, where the necessity to respond effectively to frequent external shock (demand … in the determination of firm's performance is presented. Secondly, a missing ring in the knowledge based view of the firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005273136
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Hay que cambiar el modelo clásico de la innovación.
Romelaer, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370238
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Introducing Academic Skills in Know-how-based Firms Innovative Potential or Non-complementarity?
Nielsen, René N. - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2007
skilled graduates in small, know-how-based firms can be instrumental in spurring innovation and upgrading changes in the firms … qualifications that can contribute positively. Graduates with other academic qualifications also hold potential for innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005273142
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Are the Labour Market Benefits to Schooling Different for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People
Frenette, Marc - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
It is well documented that Aboriginal people generally have lower levels of educational attainment than other groups in Canada, but little is known about the reasons behind this gap. This study is the first of two by the same author investigating the issue in detail. This initial paper focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189371
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Experimental Estimates of the Impacts of Class Size on Test Scores: Robustness and Heterogeneity
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven F. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Proponents of class size reductions draw heavily on the results from Project STAR to support their initiatives. Adding to the political appeal of these initiative are reports that minority and economically disadvantaged students received the largest benefits from smaller classes. We extend this...
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Marché du travail en revue - Janvier 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
En Amérique du Nord, les étudiants dont les parents ont émigré obtiennent en général un meilleur niveau d’études que ceux dont les parents sont nés au Canada. En Europe, on constate l’inverse. Au Canada, les étudiants de parents immigrants (de 1re ou de 2e génération) suivent des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184383
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Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada: An Interprovincial Perspective
Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas - Vancouver School of Economics - 2015
This paper uses the Canadian Labour Force Survey to understand why the level and dispersion of wages have evolved differently across provinces from 1997 to 2013. The starker interprovincial differences are the much faster increase in the level of wages and decline in wage dispersion in...
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Why Immigrant Background Matters for University Participation: A Comparison of Switzerland and Canada
Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
This paper extends our understanding of the difference in university participation between students with and without immigrant backgrounds by contrasting outcomes in Switzerland and Canada, and by the use of new longitudinal data that are comparable between the countries. The research includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184442
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Labour Market Matters - January 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
In North America, students with immigrant parents typically achieve higher levels of education than their counterparts with domestic-born parents. In Europe however, the opposite is typically true. In Canada, immigrants students (1st or 2nd generation) are 1.6 times as likely to attend...
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