Le present document porte sur les variations annuelles de l'emploi dans le secteur canadien des entreprises de 2001 a 2009. Cette periode comprend une periode d'expansion (2001 a 2008), suivie d'une recession (2008-2009). Les donnees au niveau de l'entreprise sont utilisees pour decomposer la...

Le present document examine les caracteristiques de la survie des entreprises au moyen des microdonnees tirees du Programme d'analyse longitudinale de l'emploi (PALE) de Statistique Canada. Les taux d'entree et les fonctions de survie pour la cohorte de 2002 y sont analyses. Le secteur des...

This paper presents estimates of effective multifactor productivity (MFP) growth for Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan and selected European Union (EU) countries, based on the EU KLEMS productivity database and the World Input-Output Tables. Effective MFP growth captures the impact of...

This paper looks at annual changes in Canadian business sector employment from 2001 to 2009. This period encompasses an expansionary phase (2001 to 2008), followed by a recession (2008/2009). Firm-level data are used to decompose yearly net employment change into gross employment creation and...

This paper examines the survival characteristics of firms, using microdata from the Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program (LEAP) of Statistics Canada. Entry rates and survival functions for the 2002 cohort are analyzed. The business sector is disaggregated along industry and size dimensions.

A growing literature has found a positive association between human capital and long-run employment growth across cities. These studies have increased interest in understanding the location choices of university degree-holders, a group often used as a proxy measure of human capital. Based on...

This paper examines the process by which migrants experience gains in earnings subsequent to migration and, in particular, the advantage that migrants obtain from moving to large, dynamic metropolitan labour markets, using Toronto as a benchmark. There are two potentially distinct patterns to...

Are small firms more profitable than large firms? This paper uses a longitudinal firm-level dataset to explore the financial performance of firms across size classes, and across industries and provinces during the 2000-to-2009 period. It also examines the volatility of profitability across firm...

Population aging and the recent global financial crisis underscore the importance of the discussions of the adequacy of retirement preparation in Canada and the soundness of the Canadian retirement income system. The focus of this study is to examine whether the accumulated private savings of...

Dans le present document, on construit deux mesures experimentales de la production economique du secteur de l'education au Canada : une mesure fondee sur le revenu et une autre fondee sur les couts. Les mesures different de la mesure utilisee actuellement dans les comptes nationaux, qui est...