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The Missing Link - Data on the Demand Side of Labour Markets
Osberg, Lars - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995
Labour economists have developed elaborate theoretical models and conducted very advanced econometric analysis of the … decision making of households. But this emphasis on the supply side of the labour market has not been matched by any … corresponding degree of sophistication in empirical analysis of the demand side of the labour market. This has been due in part to …
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Capacites d'innovation : comparaison de l'emploi en sciences et en genie dans les villes canadiennes et americaines
Brown, W. Mark; Beckstead, Desmond - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
-2001. Cette comparaison donne une idee de la performance des villes canadiennes relativement a leurs analogues americaines au …
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Capacites d'innovation : l'emploi en sciences et en genie au Canada et aux Etats-Unis
Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
Le present article donne la comparaison de la taille et de la composition de l'emploi dans le secteur des sciences et du genie au Canada et aux Etats Unis. Nous examinons la part de l'emploi remunere et des gains tires d'un emploi remunere imputables a la main d'oeuvre en sciences et en genie...
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Innovation Capabilities: Science and Engineering Employment in Canada and the United States
Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
This paper compares the size and composition of science and engineering employment in Canada and the United States. It examines the share of paid employment and paid earnings accounted for by the science and engineering workforce in both countries. Our tabulations distinguish between a core...
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Innovation Capabilities: Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and U.S. Cities
Brown, W. Mark; Beckstead, Desmond - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
In recent years, cities have become increasingly interested in their ability to generate, attract and retain human capital. One measure of human capital is employment in science- and engineering-based occupations. This paper provides a comparison of the employment shares of these specialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523645
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Les ordinateurs, les telecopieurs et les salaires au Canada : qu'est-ce qui compte vraiment?
Drolet, Marie; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
Dans la presente etude, nous documentons les liens existant entre les salaires et l'utilisation d'ordinateurs. Apres avoir pris en compte les caracteristiques observables des travailleurs, nous constatons que l'utilisation des ordinateurs est associee a un avantage salarial qui peut atteindre,...
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Une enquete experimentale canadienne visant a etablir le lien entre les pratiques au lieu de travail et la condition des employes : raisons de sa necessite et description de son fo...
Picot, Garnett; Wannell, Ted - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997
Des changements fondamentaux ont pris place dans le marche du travail et au sein des entreprises au cours des annees 1980 et 1990. Dans certains cas, on comprend ce qui s'est produit, sans toutefois en connaitre les causes. Dans d'autres cas, on ne dispose pas des donnees qui permettraient de...
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Computers, Fax Machines and Wages in Canada: What Really Matters?
Drolet, Marie; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
Controlling for observable worker attributes, we find that computer use is associated with a wage premium of at most 14%. Following Dinardo and Pischke (1997), we examine the wage premium associated with other tools used on the job. While these authors find a significant wage premium for the use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170067
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Productivity and Prosperity in the Information Age: A Canada-U.S. Comparison
Harchaoui, Tarek<br; > Dachraoui, Kais<br; > Tarkhani, … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
Canada's productivity performance compared with that of the United State, and the impact of the recent Canadian productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695481
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An Experimental Canadian Survey that Links Workplace Practices and Employee Outcomes: Why it is Needed and How it Works
Picot, Garnett; Wannell, Ted - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997
Fundamental changes have taken place in the labour market and among firms in the 1980s and 1990s. In some cases we … alone why. Changes in the labour market are often related to changes in theway in which firms are engaging and paying labour … firms; i.e. changes on the demand side of the labour market. But data have never existed that allowed events occurring in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695557