L'observation statistique selon laquelle les petites entreprises ont cree la majorite des nouveaux emplois au cours des annees 1980 a eu une incidence enorme sur la politique officielle. Les gouvernements desireux de favoriser la croissance de l'emploi se sont tournes vers le secteur des petites...

The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...

Le vieillissement de la population canadienne est un phenomene largement admis et qui beneficie d'une enorme attention de la part des chercheurs etudiant les politiques, dans les domaines de la sante et des pensions de l'Etat en particulier. Tres peu de travaux d'etude ont ete jusqu'ici axes sur...

Labour economists have developed elaborate theoretical models and conducted very advanced econometric analysis of the decision making of households. But this emphasis on the supply side of the labour market has not been matched by any corresponding degree of sophistication in empirical analysis...

Les economistes du travail ont elabore des modeles theoriques complexes et mene des analyses econometriques tres avancees pour analyser le processus de prise de decisions par les menages. Toutefois, a cet accent mis sur l'element offre du marche du travail n'ont pas correspondu des analyses...

The aging of the Canadian population is a well recognized phenomenon and has received considerable policy research attention, particularly in the health and public pension domains. Very little work has been focused on the impacts of aging at the organizational level. Foot and Venne studied the...