This paper analyzes the evolution of the labour market participation rate of men and women age 15 to 24 from 1976 to 1998. The0501n question being asked is why youth participation rates fell precipitously during the 1990s? We look at two dimensions of this decline: changes in the participation...

This paper assesses the contribution of cohort effects, age composition effects, and macroeconomic factors in the evolution of the female labour force participation rate in Canada between 1976 and 1994. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, we find that cohort effects are the0501n...