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An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries

Osberg, Lars; Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003

This report’s objective is the construction of an index of labour market well-being that is capable of measuring the well-being that individuals in a given society at a given point in time can obtain through the labour market. Besides considering simply the average return from working, workers...

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Indicators of Innovation in Canadian Natural Resource Industries

Sharpe, Andrew; Guibaud, Olivier - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005

This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of Canadian natural resource industries is also compared with...

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The Canada-Atlantic Canada Manufacturing Productivity Gap: A Detailed Analysis

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003

The objectives of this report are to examine the characteristics of manufacturing in Atlantic Canada and to shed light on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector. A number of possible factors contributing to the...

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The Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway: A Situational Analysis of Human Resources Needs

Achkar, Souleima El - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report examines human resource and skills issues pertaining to the Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor over the short- to medium-term (within the next five years). Based on information gathered through interviews with industry representatives and labour market data...

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A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Labour Market Performance, 1989-2000

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2001

; the emergence of a participation rate gap; and greater self-employment and part-time employment growth in Canada. …

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A Companion Guide to Analyzing and Projecting Occupational Trends

Achkar, Souleima El - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010

This report is intended to complement Future Labour Supply and Demand 101: A Guide to Analysing and Predicting Occupational Trends, a technical document commissioned by the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) Labour Market Information Working Group (LMIWG) with the aim of achieving greater...

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Apprenticeship Issues and Challenges Facing Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François; Lapointe, Simon - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2008

The apprenticeship system is generally associated with the construction industry. However, the manufacturing industry actually employs a greater amount of persons in apprenticeable occupations than construction. With the rise in value of the Canadian dollar and increased international...

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Five Deaths a Day: Workplace Fatalities in Canada, 1993-2005

Sharpe, Andrew; Hardt, Jill - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2006

According to data collected by the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, 1,097 workplace fatalities were recorded in Canada in 2005, up from 758 in 1993. As Canadians work on average 230 days per year, this means that there were nearly five work-related deaths per work day in...

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Decline in Youth Participation in Canada in the 1990s: Structural or Cyclical?

Archambault, Richard; Grignon, Louis - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

Of the three major age groups, youth (aged 15-24), experienced the largest fall in labour force participation and … is essential to an overall understanding of the fall in labour force participation in the 1990s in Canada. In the fifth … labour force participation in Canada in the 1990s. They disaggregate the youth participation rate into three components: the …

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The Canada-US ICT Investment Gap: An Update

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2008

In 2005, the CSLS published a report that examined spending on information and communication technology (ICT) in Canada and the United States between 1987 and 2004. It found that Canadian firms lagged considerably behind US firms in ICT spending and that this situation accounted to some extent...

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