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Training as a Human Resource Strategy: The Response to Staff Shortages and Technological Change

Baldwin, John R.; Peters, Valerie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

This paper examines the ways that innovation status as opposed to technology use affects the training activities of manufacturing plants. It examines training that is introduced as a response to specific skill shortages versus training that is implemented in response to the introduction of...

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Earnings of Couples with High and Low Levels of Education, 1980-2000

Johnson, Anick; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

This study explores the labour market performance of low and high educated couples using Census data for the period 1980 to 2000.

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The Returns to Schooling on Academic Performance: Evidence from Large Samples Around School Entry Cut-off Dates

Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2008

This study estimates the effect of an additional year of schooling (Grade 10) on academic performance, with the particular aim of understanding the role of schooling in shaping the gender and income divides in academic performance. To identify the returns to schooling, the study takes advantage...

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An Explanation of the Increasing Age Premium

Kapsalis, Costa - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998

explanation identified by the study is the dramatic improvement in the level of education of older workers over the last 14 years …. For example, from 1981 to 1994 the percentage of older male workers with grade 10 education or less declined from 41.9% to … 19.6%, while the percentage with post-secondary diplomas and degrees increased from 32.1% to 51.7%. The education level …

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Innovation and Training in New Firms

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

Recent studies have demonstrated the quantitative importance of entry, exit, growth and decline in the industrial population. It is this turnover that rewards innovative activity and contributes to productivity growth. While the size of the entry population is impressive - especially when...

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Human Capital Development and Innovation: The Case of Training in Small and Medium Sized Firms

Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

This study examines the characteristics of small and medium-sized firms that perform training. It uses data taken from a recent Statistics Canada survey that permit firms' training decisions to be analyzed within the broader context of their many activities and strategies. The study finds...

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The Importance of Functional Literacy: Reading and Math Skills and Labour Market Outcomes of High School Drop-outs

Meng, Ronald; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This study assesses the effects of literacy and numeracy skills on the labour market outcomes of Canadian high school drop-outs. We find that these skills have significant effects on the probability of being employed and on hours and weeks of work for both men and women, and also have strong...

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The Role of University Characteristics in Determining Post-graduation Outcomes: Panel Evidence from Three Recent Canadian Cohorts

Ferrall, Christopher; Betts, Julian; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2007

This paper models earnings of male and female Bachelor's graduates in Canada five years after graduation. Using a university fixed-effect approach, the research finds evidence of significant (fixed) variations in earnings among graduates from different universities. Within universities, changes...

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Making the Transition: The Impact of Moving from Elementary to Secondary School on Adolescents' Academic Achievement and Psychological Adjustment

Lipps, Garth - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

Early adolescence is a time of rapid social, cognitive, and physical change. For some youth, these changes can make this period a vulnerable point in development. Adding to the stress, some students transfer from an elementary school to a middle school or to a comprehensive high school. While...

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Postsecondary Field of Study and the Canadian Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-immigrants

McBride, Stephan; Sweetman, Arthur - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

In Canada's federal system for economic (skilled) class immigrant selection, education is treated as if it is …

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