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Theevolution of the returns to human capital in Canada, 1980 - 2005

Boudarbat, Brahim; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2010

We examine the evolution of the returns to human capital in Canada over the period 1980-2005. Our main finding is that … between our results and earlier findings. -- Human capital ; wage differentials ; Canada …

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Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools?

Friesen, Jane; Javdani, Mohsen; Woodcock, Simon - 2009

We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon...

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Moving up or falling behind? : gender, promotions, and wages in canada

Javdani, Mohsen; McGee, Andrew D. - 2015

linked employer-employee data. We find that women in Canada are 3 percentage points less likely to be promoted and have …

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Top incomes in Canada : evidence from the Census

Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2015

This paper looks at the evolution of incomes at the top of the distribution in Canada. Master files of the Canadian … groups driving the growth in top incomes in Canada. A finding more specific to Canada is that the oil and gas sector has also … revolution, scientists, engineers and even computer scientists do not account for much of the growth in top incomes in Canada. …

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Immigrants and workplace training : evidence from Canadian linked employer employee data

Dostie, Benoît; Javdani, Mohsen - 2019

however, they are mainly driven by differences that emerge within workplaces. We find no evidence that years spent in Canada …

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Unions and wage inequality : the roles of gender, skill and public sector employment

Card, David E.; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2018

We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our …

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Job satisfaction and coworker pay in Canadian firms

Javdani, Mohsen; Krauth, Brian - 2019

One reason to be concerned about income inequality is the idea that people not only care about their own absolute income, but also their income relative to various reference groups (e.g. co-workers, friends, neighbors, relatives, etc.). We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to estimate...

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The minimum wage, turnover, and the shape of the wage distribution

Brochu, Pierre; Green, David A.; Lemieux, Thomas; … - 2023

This paper proposes an empirical approach to decompose the distributional effects of minimum wages into effects for workers moving out of employment, workers moving into employment, and workers continuing in employment. We estimate the effects of the minimum wage on the hazard rate for wages,...

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