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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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The pitfalls of work requirements in welfare-to-work policies : experimental evidence on human capital accumulation in the self-sufficiency project

Riddell, Chris; Riddell, William Craig - 2012

This paper investigates whether policies that encourage recipients to exit welfare for full-time employment influence participation in educational activity. The Self-Sufficiency Project ('SSP') was a demonstration project where long-term welfare recipients randomly assigned to the treatment...

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The role of education in technology use and adoption : evidence from the Canadian workplace and employee survey

Riddell, William Craig; Song, Xueda - 2012

Adoption of innovations by firms and workers is an important part of the process of technological change. Many prior studies find that highly educated workers tend to adopt new technologies faster than those with less education. Such positive correlations between the level of education and the...

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Ageing and literacy skills : evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States

Green, David A.; Riddell, William Craig - 2012

We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. &- countries that represent a … part of the skill distribution where falling skills are most evident. In Canada the cross-cohort declines are especially …

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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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Education, job search and re-employment outcomes among the unemployed

Riddell, William Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011

This study assesses the effects of education on both job search intensity and re-employment success for unemployed workers. Given that the positive correlation between education and job search intensity or re-employment success is likely to be confounded by the endogeneity of education, we make...

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The great Canadian recovery : the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's labour market

Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2022

The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by...

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Waiting for recovery: the Canadian labour market in June 2020

Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2020

The Canadian labour market is currently emerging from a holding pattern with unusually high numbers in temporary (or "recall") unemployment, those "employed but absent from work" for unspecified reasons, or not in the labour force while waiting to be recalled. Two encouraging signs are evident....

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