This study assesses the effects of literacy and numeracy skills on the labour market outcomes of Canadian high school … those who do not complete their programs and wind up at the lower end of the labour market. Our findings similarly suggest … that training programs catering to drop-outs could substantially improve these individuals' labour market outcomes by …

This paper examines whether long-run labour market outcomes depend on residential environment among adults who grew up …

There is a general sense that the 1990s labour market was unique. It has been characterized by notions such as … an extensive overview of the performance of the 1990s labour market, and asks just how different it was from the 1980s …-level labour market outcomes, and (b) distributional outcomes. Macro-level topics include: has the nature of work changed …

de la diversite des industries, du capital humain et de la croissance de la population attribuables a l'immigration et la … particulierement le declin de l'importance des manufactures, et la hausse d'emploi dans le secteur des industries des services. Les …

Canadian manufacturing industries over the 1981-1996 period, we find that both ICT and foreign outsourcing are important …

in labour productivity. It compares Canadian and American experiences in this area from 1987 to 1998. …