In this study, we use new Canadian data containing detailed information on standardized test scores, school marks, parental and peer influences, and other socio-economic background characteristics of boys and girls to try to account for the large gender gap in university attendance. Among...

L'etude etablit une comparaison entre les gains des femmes et des hommes sur un plan d'egalite. Elle s'adresse aux recents diplomes des etablissements postsecondaires et utilise les donnees d'enquete qui portent sur un certain nombre de caracteristiques liees aux gains. Les donnees couvrent...

Young women have gained considerable ground on young men in terms of educational attainment in the 1990s. The objective of this study is to assess the role of rapidly rising educational attainment among young women in raising their relative position in the labour market. The findings suggest...

Dans le present article, un modele dynamique de l'emploi des femmes a ete estime a partir de l'echantillon rural et de l'echantillon urbain utilises durant les quatre premieres annees de l'Enquete sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu (1993 a 1996). Les resultats attestent qu'il existe des...

Dans ce document, on presente les resultats d'une analyse empirique de l'ecart entre les gains des hommes et des femmes ayant recemment obtenu un diplome de baccalaureat dans les universites canadiennes. Les heures de travail constituent l'influence la plus importante, tandis que l'experience de...

In this paper a dynamic employment model for women is estimated for rural and urban samples from the first four years of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1993 to 1996. The results provide evidence that there are significant differences between rural and urban labour markets. However,...

This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the gender earnings gap among recent Canadian bachelor-level university graduates. Hours of work are the single most important influence on the gap; past work experience, job characteristics, family status, province of residence, and...

Canadian immigrants come from a range of source countries which vary considerably in gender roles. Examining gender roles is therefore valuable in determining whether cultural norms continue to influence labour activities after immigrants have been exposed to the new environment of their host...