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In addition to confirming a wage gap between Canadian workers as a whole and those of Aboriginal origin, our research also generated new findings: there is greater disparity in the distribution of wages among Aboriginals than among Canadian workers as a whole, even after allowing for demographic...
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Employment equity legislation is becoming more prevalent in Canadian labour markets, yet -- other than broad … availability numbers -- the labour market experiencesof designated groups have not been well documented. Using the National … Graduates Survey of 1992, this report profiles the early labour market experiences ofvisible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and …
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This study is one of a series that examines how technology adoption affects the skills of workers. Previous papers in … technology use leads to greater skill requirements, more training, and higher training costs.This paper uses survey data on the … incidence of advanced technology adoption and matched panel data on plant characteristics such as wages, capital intensity …
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This paper examines the ways that innovation status as opposed to technology use affects the training activities of … implemented in response to the introduction of advanced equipment. Advanced technology users are more likely to have workers in … accompanied by differences in the incidence of training, with advanced technology users being more likely to introduce training …
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This paper examines whether permanent layoff rates have increased in Canada between the 1980s and the 1990s, using data from the Longitudinal Worker File - a 10% random sample of all Canadian employees.
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Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. Particular attention is paid to the role of international trade in determining the wage …
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This paper examines income instability of lone parents, singles and two-parent families in Canada in the past two decades using tax data. We attempt to answer the following questions: Has there been a widespread increase in earnings instability among lone parents (especially lone mothers) and...
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The correlation of occupational gender composition and wages is the basis of pay equity/comparable worth legislation. A number of previous studies have examined this correlation in US data, identifying some of the determinants of low wages in "female jobs", as well as important limitations of...
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This study explores the labour market performance of low and high educated couples using Census data for the period …
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. After controlling for differences in work history, labour force qualifications and selected job characteristics, the cross …, related to human capital skills, differentiated work history or labour force attachment. Conforming to theoretical … concentrating on developing their careers. Using data from the 1998 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, this study provides …
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