This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of earnings patterns for 1982-92. resullts generally agree with others' findings based on a survey of Consumer Fianance data, and indicate a general increase in earnings inequality over the time due to cyclical effects as well as to more structural...

Ce rapport porte sur le Projet d'autosuffisance (PAS), qui a ete realise pour mettre a l'essai une strategie concue pour rendre le travail payant, afin de trouver simultanement des solutions aux problemes de la pauvrete et dela dependance.

This paper examines how individuals' earnings mobility varies with the time period considered and starting position in the earnings distribution, as well as by age and sex. Three measures are used in this analysis: conditional transition matrices between earnings quintiles, the total number of...

The rate at which people leave an occupation is a key determinant of the employment opportunities for newcomers. In fact, separations from an occupation typically create as many opportunities for newcomers as overall economic growth, about 190 thousand per year. Thus, deriving sound estimates of...

This study focuces on the effect of education and work on the literacy of social assistance recipients, using the recent International Adult Literacy Survey. To get a clearer picture of the relationship among these three factors, the sample is restricted to ages 26 to 25, since many younger...