Using the 1987 Survey of Volunteer Activity in Canada, we examine whether differential returns to volunteer work in the paid labour market can explain part of the male-female earnings gap. Male volunteers earn, on average, about 11% higher incomes than their non-volunteering counterparts as a...

We investigate the influence of public policy on interprovincial migration in Canada using new aggregated migration data for 1974–1996, the longest period studied so far. We consider the consequences of regional variation in a variety of policies, and also investigate the effects of certain...

Despite the widespread belief that volunteer work enhances an individual's employment prospects, the hypothesis that volunteer work increases one's earnings has never been empirically verified. Using a recent Canadian data set, the authors test this hypothesis by estimating human capital...