This paper analyses the level of unemployment insurance beneficiaries in Canada over the period 1976-90 and identifies some reasons why it showed downward rigidity in recent years. An aggregate unemployment flow model with simultaneous determination of wages is estimated and used for...

Since easier access to a large supply of foreign labour might generate undesirable incentives on the part of both employers and prospective workers, a Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW ) program requires careful design. Failure at any stage of the process – at time of hiring, during employment, or...

Temporary foreign worker programmes are seen as short-term solutions to shortages of regional or occupational labour. During the past decade, Canada experienced unprecedented economic growth and some regions appeared to suffer from acute labour shortages. The country’s temporary foreign worker...

On average, urban Aboriginals are as “happy” as other Canadians. The fact that the results are similar for Aboriginals and for all Canadians will be surprising to anyone whose image of urban Aboriginals is limited to those living in the poorest neighbourhoods of Canada’s cities. Although...