This paper examines innovation processes or technical change-generation processes at the firm level. It emphasizes the notion that the element of technical and technological change that is a determinant of productivity growth is strongly induced by internal factors related to the firm's...

We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent National Household Survey over the last three decades. We find that the coefficient of variation of wages among full-time workers has almost doubled between 1980 and 2010. The...

The federal government announced in its 2012 budget its intention to delay the age of eligibility for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement from 65 to 67 years. By the time the policy is fully implemented (i.e., in 2030), this delay will have increased net revenues of the federal...

Nous étudions l'évolution récente de l'écart salarial entre les sexes chez les Canadiens nouvellement diplômés des études postsecondaires. Cette comparaison est intéressante car il s'agit d'un groupe relativement homogène de gens instruits, faisant partie d'une même cohorte et presque...

À l'aide des microdonnées des recensements de 1991 à 2006, cet article examine les relations existant entre la croissance économique, l'inégalité de revenu et la pauvreté des immigrants au Canada. Nos résultats montrent que les immigrants originaires des pays en développement ont été...

Despite an ongoing debate on the size of municipal council in several Canadian cities, especially in Quebec, relatively few studies have measured the impact of the number of elected officials on local public finances. This research analyzes the budgetary effects of the size of council in...

Using 2006 census data, the present study analyzes the determinants of immigrants' participation in self-employment in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Our results show that the decision to become self-employed depends largely on income gap between self-employment and paid-employment....

À l'aide des microdonnées confidentielles des recensements, ce travail examine les facteurs de l'inégalité de revenu et de la pauvreté des immigrants au Canada des années 1990 à 2006. Les résultats montrent que les immigrants en provenance des pays en développement ont été les plus...