We investigate the impact of occupational safety and health (OSH) and environmental regulation on the rate of growth of total factor productivity (TFP) in the Quebec manufacturing sector during the 1985–88 period. Our results show that environmental regulation and OSH protective reassignments...

La protection de l’environnement se fait-elle automatiquement au détriment de la rentabilité des entreprises ? Cet article tend à démontrer que performance environnementale et économique ne sont pas toujours substituts mais peuvent être complémentaires pour l’entreprise. À travers...

Cette recherche s'inscrit dans la continuité d'une intervention majeure en ergonomie participative au sujet des maux de dos affectant les manutentionnaires, réalisée à la Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) en 1989-1990 par une équipe de chercheurs financée par l'IRSST. Cette recherche...

This survey covers extensively the theoretical and the empirical work that was done on the incentive effects related to the existence of workers' compensation (WC) in the North American context. It first analyzes the economic rationale for compulsory WC. Then it studies the impact of WC on...

The Ontario experience with respect to pay equity is evaluated based on a set of program-evaluation citeria. Such criteria are informative in their own right, but they also provide a systematic way of categorizing the issues that are involved in evaluating pay equity in general, with the Ontario...

This paper introduces the articles that are part of this special issue on the firm and the environment. The articles are presented along two important themes in the literature on government intervention and the environment: the means of intervention and their effects. Ce court texte vise à...