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KLEMS database for Canada. We estimate a dynamic heterogeneous panel error-correction model of twelve 2-digit level …
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as they change jobs, voluntarily or involuntarily. The model, calibrated to the United States and Canada, accounts for … one-third of the firmsize wage premium. Regarding the earnings gap between Canada and the United States, the model finds …
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Previous surveys of Canadian and U.S. business owners suggest that access to financing in Canada may be more … on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises in Canada, this paper examines whether this perception can be better … lower availability of formal credit in Canada, or a lower need for formal credit. Furthermore, while evidence validating the …
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employment distribution over firm size categories between Canada and the United States can account for the Canada-U.S. labour … this relationship, the difference in the employment distribution over firm sizes between Canada and the United States can … account for half of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap in manufacturing. -- Productivity …
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In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of … costly labour adjustment and temporary workers. The calibrated model captures some features of job reallocation in Canada …
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This paper documents the rate at which labour flows between industries and between firms within industries using the most recent data available. It examines the determinants of these flows and their relationship with the productivity growth. It is found that the dispersion of industry employment...
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Many empirical studies have examined the cyclical nature of the markup ratio. Until recently, few have attempted to ascertain the changes in the markup over a longer time horizon. These changes are of no less interest in view of the posited effects of increasing import competition and lower...
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The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide a detailed social accounting matrix (SAM), which incorporates the income and financial flows into the standard input-output matrix, for the Canadian economy for 2004. Second, we use the SAM to assess the strength of the real-financial...
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