This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

L'article porte sur la robustesse d'une mesure de la duree complete moyenne du chomage au Canada par rapport a diverses hypotheses de calcul. Contrairement a la duree incomplete moyenne du chomage, qui est un indicateur cyclique retarde, cette statistique est un indicateur contemporain du cycle...

Le present document expose une nouvelle methode de mesure de la duree moyenne des periodes de chomage en se fondant sur des donnees recueillies au Canada. Il resume en termes generaux les travaux de Corak (1993) ainsi que de Corak et Heisz (1994) portant sur la periode moyenne complete de...

Nous analysons la mobilite intergenerationnelle du niveau de scolarite des hommes et des femmes canadiens nes d'immigrants. Nous tracons un portrait detaille des Canadiens et nous fournissons des estimations du degre de mobilite intergenerationnelle chez les enfants d'immigrants. La persistance...

Le but de la presente analyse est d'etablir une estimation exacte du degre de mobilite intergenerationnelle du revenu au Canada. A partir des donnees sur l'impot sur le revenu pour quelque 400 000 paires pere-fils, nous en sommes arrives a une elasticite intergenerationnelle des gains dont la...

This paper adopts the decomposition technique of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (DFL, 1996) to decompose provincial differences in the distribution of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores and assesses the relative contribution of provincial differences in the...

Two quasi-experiments are used to estimate the impact of parental divorce on the adult incomes and labour market behaviour of adolescents, as well as on their use of social programs, and their marital/fertility behaviour. These involve the use of individuals experiencing the death of a parent,...