Immigrants in major industrialized countries are disproportionately represented in self-employment as compared to the domestic-born. Using a generational cohort method and data from the 20% sample file of the 1981 Canadian Census and the 20% sample file of the 2006 Canadian Census, this study...

Self-employment has been regarded as an important pathway for many immigrants to engage in the labour market. However, little is known about self-employment among the children of immigrants. Using the 1981 and 2006 Canadian censuses of population and a generational cohort method of analysis,...

This study examines how real wages of Canadian workers evolved from 1981 to 2011 across five dimensions: gender, age, education, industry, and occupation.

La presente etude vise a documenter l'evolution des taux de recrutement, des taux de cessation d'emploi et des taux de redistribution des travailleurs de la fin des annees 70 a la fin de la premiere decennie des annees 2000. Elle vise aussi a determiner comment le rythme de redistribution de la...

Les immigrants des grands pays industrialises sont representes de facon disproportionnee au chapitre du travail autonome par rapport aux personnes nees au pays. A partir d'une methode de cohorte generationnelle et a l'aide des donnees-echantillon (20 %) des fichiers maitres des recensements du...

In spite of much anecdotal evidence and some case studies regarding the size and characteristics of the inter-provincial workforce in Alberta, comprehensive information remains scarce. This is due in part to the many challenges faced in trying to enumerate a mobile population. Drawing on...

En depit des nombreuses donnees anecdotiques et de certaines etudes de cas au sujet de la taille et des caracteristiques de la main-d'oeuvre interprovinciale en Alberta, les renseignements detailles demeurent limites. Cette situation est attribuable en partie aux nombreuses difficultes associees...

This study documents how hiring rates, separation rates, and worker reallocation rates evolved from the late 1970s to the late 2000s. It also examines how the pace of labour reallocation varied across industries, firm sizes, provinces, age groups, and education levels during the 2000s.

Canada's oil reserves are concentrated in three Canadian provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Oil prices received by Canadian oil producers more than doubled between 2001 and 2008. The proportion of young men employed in the oil industry differs markedly across...

La presente etude examine comment les salaires des travailleurs canadiens ont evolue de 1981 a 2011, selon cinq dimensions : sexe, age, niveau de scolarite, industrie et profession.