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The Effects of Cancer on Employment and Earnings of Cancer Survivors
Jeon, Sung Hee - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
The study examines the effects of cancer on the work status and annual earnings of cancer survivors who had a strong attachment to the labour market prior to their diagnosis. The comparison group consists of similar workers never diagnosed with cancer. The study is based on a Statistics Canada...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934649
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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
In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital … model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly … advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher educational levels allow immigrants to both bring the skills needed in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003202
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An Overview of the Working Lives of Older Baby Boomers
Schellenberg, Grant; Bonikowska, Aneta - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2013
With the leading edge of the baby boom generation now in their mid-sixties, there is considerable interest in how and when these individuals will retire. To help place this issue in a broader context, this paper provides information on the employment histories of individuals who were aged 33 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003203
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Annual Levels of Immigration and Immigrant Entry Earnings in Canada
Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
entering immigrants and place downward pressure on wages for immigrants arriving in that cohort. … immigrants' labour market outcomes their entry earnings, i.e., earnings during the first two full years in Canada. An increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003206
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Earnings Inequality and Earnings Instability of Immigrants in Canada
Ostrovsky, Yuri - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
The deterioration of immigrants' entry earnings in Canada in the past three decades has been well documented. This … study provides further insights into the changing fortunes of immigrants by focusing on their earnings inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328099
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328102
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Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers: Canadian Evidence from a Large Administrative Database on Firm Closures and Mass Layoffs
Zhang, Xuelin; Morissette, Rene; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2007
Using Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Worker File, we document short-term and long-term earnings losses for a large (10%) sample of Canadian workers who lost their job through firm closures or mass layoffs during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Our use of a nationally representative sample allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328105
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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 … recent immigrants is partly due to the adverse economic conditions they face in the year they enter the labour market and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328112
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The Evolution of Pension Coverage of Young and Prime-aged Workers in Canada
Drolet, Marie; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999
In this paper, we assemble data from several household surveys to document how pension coverage of young and older workers has evolved in Canada between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s. Our main findings are the following. First, both administrative data from the Pension Plans in Canada (PPIC)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328113
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Will They Ever Converge? Earnings of Immigrants and Canadian-born Workers over the Last Two Decades
Morissette, Rene; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
immigrants to achieve earnings parity with Canadian-born workers. Our results show that today's recent immigrants would have to … immigrants has only partially offset the drastic deterioration in their relative earnings at entry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328114