Increasing female labour force participation has been a major change in the labour market, but there have been other substantial changes, such as the move to a 24-hour economy. Researchers have found that children were more likely to have emotional or behavioural problems when parents worked...

A positive relationship between income and child outcomes has been observed in data from numerous countries. A key question concerns the extent to which this association represents a causal relationship as opposed to unobserved heterogeneity. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of...

Dans ce document, on examine l'incidence du travail autonome sur la croissance de la productivite du travail dans le secteur des entreprises. En outre, on y compare la situation du Canada et des Etats-Unis dans ce domaine pour la periode de 1987 a 1998.

This paper examines the influence of the dramatic expansion of self-employment on the Canadian business sector's growth in labour productivity. It compares Canadian and American experiences in this area from 1987 to 1998.