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Measuring Productivity in the Public Sector: Some Conceptual Problems
Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
. Examples are the health, education and general government sectors. The paper analyzes three possible general methods to measure …
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Labour Market Matters - October 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Literacy is central to the improvement and betterment of any society. Individuals cannot fully engage in social and political discourse, and are more likely to become less-than-equals in society without basic literacy to pursue their goals. On the individual level, more literate individuals tend...
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Marché du travail en revue - Octobre 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
L’alphabétisme est capital pour l’amélioration de toute société. Tout un chacun ne peut participer entièrement au discours social et politique, et aura sans doute une position inférieure en société, s’il ne possède pas l’alphabétisme de base lui permettant d’atteindre ses...
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The Effect of Adolescent Health on Educational Outcomes: Causal Evidence using ‘Genetic Lotteries’ between Siblings
Fletcher, Jason M.; Lehrer, Steven F. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
There has been growing interest in using specific genetic markers as instrumental variables in attempts to assess causal relationships between health status and socioeconomic outcomes, including human capital accumulation. In this paper we use a combination of family fixed effects and genetic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004978944
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Labour Market Matters - August 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Canada’s population has been aging steadily for several decades. In 1976, the median age of men in the population was only 27.2 years, but by 2013, had risen to 39.4 years. The trend reflects both an increase in the life expectancy of Canadians at birth and also the impact of the aging...
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Marché du travail en revue - Septembre 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Selon de nombreuses recherches, il semble que les immigrants plus qualifiés, en particulier dans les domaines des sciences, de la technologie, de l’ingénierie et des mathématiques, sont non seulement plus innovateurs que leurs collègues nés au pays qui les a reçus, mais qu’ils ont...
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New Directions in Immigration Policy: Canada’s Evolving Approach to Immigration Selection
Ferrer, Ana M.; Picot, Garnett; Riddell, W. Craig - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
Canada’s immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include: (1) a desire to improve the economic outcomes of entering immigrants, given the deterioration in labour market outcomes over the past several decades; (2) an attempt to better...
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Labour Market Matters - September 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
A growing body of research suggests that skilled immigrants, particularly those in the “STEM†fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), are not only more innovative than their native-born counterparts but also have the potential to produce positive productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184461
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The Role of Education in Technology Use and Adoption: Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey
Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
studies find that highly educated workers tend to adopt new technologies faster than those with less education. Such positive … correlations between the level of education and the rate of technology adoption, however, do not necessarily reflect the true … causal effect of education on technology adoption. Relying on data from the Workplace and Employee Survey, this study …
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How Important are School Principals in the Production of Student Achievement?
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Smith, Justin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
As school leaders, principals can influence student achievement in a number of ways, such as: hiring and firing teachers, monitoring instruction, and maintaining student discipline, among others. We measure the effect of individual principals on gains in student math and reading achievement...
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