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Job Creation by Company Size Class: Concentration and Persistence of Job Gains and Losses in Canadian Companies
Picot, Garnett; Dupuy, Richard - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997
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...
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Employment Generation by Small Producers in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector
Picot, Garnett; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1994
This paper uses job turnover data to compare how job creation, job destruction and net job change differ for small and large establishments in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It uses several different techniques to correct for the regression-to-the-mean problem that, it has been suggested,...
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The Effects of Cancer on Employment and Earnings of Cancer Survivors
Jeon, Sung Hee - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
attachment to the labour market prior to their diagnosis. The comparison group consists of similar workers never diagnosed with …
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An Investment of a Lifetime? The Long-term Labour Market Premiums Associated with a Postsecondary Education
Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
This paper examines the long-term labour market premiums associated with completing a college certificate and a … bachelor's degree, compared to completing a high school diploma. Several labour market outcomes of individuals are examined … individuals in the labour market for a longer period of time than is feasible with existing survey data. The purpose of this study …
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The Human Capital Model of Selection and the Long-run Economic Outcomes of Immigrants
Qiu, Theresa; Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
"knowledge-based economy" and, perhaps more importantly, better adjust to both cyclical and structural changes in the labour …
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Wages and Full-time Employment Rates of Young High School Graduates and Bachelor?s Degree Holders, 1997 to 2012
Morissette, Rene; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
changes in labour supply, labour demand, institutions and employer?employee contracts, and general economic conditions … changes in relative labour supply. …
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Why Did Employment and Earnings Rise Among Lone Mothers During the 1980s and 1990s?
Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett; Myers, Karen; Myles, John - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
Employment rates and earnings among single mothers improved significantly after 1980, and by 2000, low-income rates reached new historic lows. Unlike married mothers, most of the gains among lone mothers were the result of the dynamics of population change and cohort replacement as the large and...
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Setting up Shop: Self-employment Amongst Canadian College and University Graduates
Laporte, Christine; Rivard, Maud-Catherine; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002
Changes in the labour market such as an increase in the incidence of part-time, part-year work, multiple job holding …
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Effects of Business Cycles on the Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It … simultaneously identifies both the effects of macroeconomic conditions at the time of entry into the labour market and at the time of … the survey was taken, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for the first time in the literature, the impacts on labour …
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How Do Families and Unattached Individuals Respond to Layoffs? Evidence from Canada
Morissette, Rene; Ostrovsky, Yuri - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
Using data from a large Canadian longitudinal dataset, we examine whether earnings of wives and teenagers increase in response to layoffs experienced by husbands. We find virtually no evidence of an "added worker effect" for the earnings of teenagers. However, we find that among families with no...
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