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Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269450
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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Assessing the Role of Women in Tourism Related Sectors in the Caribbean
Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan; Hope, Kevin - 2020
This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270164
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Do International Tourist Arrivals Change Residents' Attitudes Towards Immigration? A Longitudinal Study of 28 European Countries
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Smith, Ian - 2023
Western Europe, the relationship tends to turn from positive to negative at relatively high levels of tourism. The … instrumental variable analysis suggests that incoming tourism has a positive causal effect on attitudes towards immigration in both … Western and Eastern Europe. Overall, our study reveals an overlooked dimension of the tourism-migration nexus and highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296697
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Sample attrition in the Canadian Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics
Boudarbat, Brahim; Grenon, Lee - 2013
This paper provides an analysis of the effects of attrition and non-response on employment and wages using the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. We consider a structural model composed of three freely correlated equations for non-attrition/response, employment and wages. The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293164
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The fertility of recent immigrants to Canada
Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2013
In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293225
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Profit Sharing and Workplace Productivity: Does Teamwork Play a Role?
Long, Richard J.; Fang, Tony - 2013
The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel data, this paper examines whether there is any link between adoption of an employee profit sharing plan and subsequent productivity growth in Canadian establishments, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328989
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Does the Unemployment Invariance Hypothesis Hold for Canada?
Tansel, Aysit; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Aksoy, Emre - 2016
This article explores the long-run relationship between unemployment rate and labor force participation rate in Canada … leads us to doubt the pertinence of the unemployment invariance hypothesis for Canada. This is consistent with the empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559606
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Scholarship, the Law and Immigration Policy
DeVoretz, Don J. - 2016
The legal system has entered the immigration policy framework via class action suits which force immigrant receiving countries to address shortfalls in their immigration and citizenship ascension policies. This paper addresses the role of class action lawsuits in the Canadian context.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584683
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Unions and Wage Inequality: The Roles of Gender, Skill and Public Sector Employment
Card, David; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, W. Craig - 2018
We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984524