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Developpement du capital humain et innovation : la formation dans les petites et moyennes entreprises
Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995
La presente etude se penche sur les caracteristiques des petites et moyennes entreprises qui proposent de la formation a leur personnel. Elle est fondee sur des donnees tirees d'une enquete recente de Statistique Canada qui permet d'analyser les decisions prises par les entreprises en matiere de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328086
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Access to College and University: Does Distance Matter?
Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
sex, province, family income, and parental education, students living near a college are more likely to attend college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328101
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Setting up Shop: Self-employment Amongst Canadian College and University Graduates
Laporte, Christine; Rivard, Maud-Catherine; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002
graduates; Simple point-in-time (cross-sectional) comparisons of earnings, the job-education skill match, and job satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328103
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Participation in Post-secondary Education in Canada: Has the Role of Parental Income and Education Changed over the 1990s?
Drolet, Marie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005
This paper examines the extent to which the relationship between participation in post-secondary education and family … background, namely parental income and parental education changed between 1993 and 2001. The results support a long … account of both parental education and parental income, university participation rates are more strongly associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328107
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Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-term
Lauzon, Darren; Corak, Miles - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005
This paper adopts the decomposition technique of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (DFL, 1996) to decompose provincial differences in the distribution of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores and assesses the relative contribution of provincial differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328109
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Does Parent or Child Know Best? an Assessment of Parent/Child Agreement in the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
Phipps, Shelley; Dooley, Martin; Curtis, Laurie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002
We use data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to address two questions. To what … extent do parents and children agree when asked identical questions about child well-being? To what extent do differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328127
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Effects of Selection Criteria and Economic Opportunities on the Characteristics of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002
provides important insights on the effects of factors, such as education and income, that help establish this selection process. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328132
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Cohort Effects in Annual Earnings by Field of Study Among British Columbia University Graduates
Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
to a university education, or a shift in demand favouring specific degrees. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328134
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The Changing Role of Education in the Marriage Market: Assortative Marriage in Canada and the United States Since the 1970s
Hou, Feng; Myles, John - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2007
an increased tendency of women with some college education to marry 'down' the educational hierarchy. In Canada, the only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328140
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The Transition to Work for Canadian University Graduates: Time to First Job, 1982-1990
Ferrall, Christopher; Betts, Julian; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000
Using three waves (1982, 1986, 1990) of the National Graduate Survey (NGS) we analyze the time it takes graduates of Canadian universities to start a full time job that lasts six months or more. We analyze duration to first job using the Cox proportional hazards model. Our results suggest large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328148