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Working Time: How Do Farmers Juggle With It and How Has It Impacted Their Family Total Income
Cloutier, Sylvain - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001
Employment in agriculture has changed drastically over the last fifty years. While the share of self-employed farmers has remained relatively stable over that period, the contribution of paid workers and of unpaid family workers to agricultural employment has reversed. Fifty years ago, unpaid...
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Computer Use and Internet Use by Members of Rural Households
Thompson-James, Margaret - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999
The share of rural and small town individuals with a computer at home increased from 14 percent in 1989 to 23 percent in 1994. The largest increase was for individuals with at least high school graduation and for individuals in households with total income above $40,000. In 1989, 12 percent of...
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Computer Technology Adoption By Canadian Farm Businesses: An Analysis Based on the 2001 Census of Agriculture
Sabuhoro, Jean Bosco; Wunsch, Patti - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
Computer technologies have evolved very rapidly and, compared to other businesses, farm operations have been slow to adopt computer applications. This paper investigates the key characteristics of the farm operators and farm businesses that influence computer use. To that end, data from...
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Intensive Livestock Farming: Does Farm Size Matter?
Beaulieu, Martin S. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001
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Hobby Farming - For Pleasure or Profit?
Boyd, Stephen - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
Hobby farms have represented a significant share of census-farms for many decades. Most operators of hobby farms treat the farm as a "hobby" -- there is no intention of making money. However, some hobby farms are profitable. The purpose of this paper is to identify the proportion of farms in...
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D?ou proviennent les differences entre les resultats scolaires des eleves des ecoles secondaires publiques et ceux des eleves des ecoles secondaires privees?
Chan, Winnie; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2015
Cette etude examine la mesure dans laquelle les caracteristiques des eleves, les ressources et pratiques d?enseignement des ecoles, l?influence des pairs et les effets fixes par province expliquent les differences entre les resultats scolaires des eleves des ecoles secondaires privees et ceux...
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Profil d'achevement des apprentis inscrits : qui poursuit, abandonne et termine les programmes?
Mueller, Richard; Laporte, Christine - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
Le nombre d'apprentis inscrits au Canada a plus que double entre 1995 et 2007, mais le taux de reussite des programmes d'apprentissage n'a augmente que du tiers. La determination des facteurs lies aux faibles taux d'achevement represente une premiere etape necessaire pour s'assurer que la main...
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The Completion Behaviour of Registered Apprentices: Who Continues, Who Quits, and Who Completes Programs?
Mueller, Richard; Laporte, Christine - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
least a high school education prior to beginning an apprenticeship. Males and females have similar completion probabilities … Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) for supporting this research. We would also like to thank an anonymous …
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L'incidence a long terme sur le revenu des etudes postsecondaires apres la perte d'un emploi
Wright, Peter W.; Upward, Richard; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
L'incidence a long terme sur le revenu de la frequentation d'un etablissement d'enseignement postsecondaire apres la perte d'un emploi est estimee a partir d'une importante base de donnees administratives longitudinales sur les travailleurs canadiens et a l'aide d'un modele de la difference des...
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The Long-term Earnings Impact of Post-secondary Education Following Job Loss
Wright, Peter W.; Upward, Richard; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
In this study, the long-term impact on earnings of attending post-secondary education institutions following job loss … loss, workers who attended post-secondary education shortly after displacement saw their earnings increase by almost $7 …, with the exception of men aged 35 to 44 years. Despite the benefits of education, job displacement is found to be …
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