This paper examines and compares labour productivity in Canada and the United States for small and large firms over the period from 2002 to 2008. It quantifies the relative importance of small and large firms in Canada and the United States and measures the relative productivity levels of small...

This paper describes the patterns of firm entry and exit across provinces in Canada, the relationship of these patterns to differences in industrial structure and the response of firm entry and exit to changes in the economic environment. Firm entry and exit play an important role in shaping...

Afin d'evaluer l'importance de la delocalisation des matieres (definie dans le present document comme etant l'utilisation de matieres intermediaires importees) au niveau de l'industrie, on suppose generalement que, pour une industrie particuliere, la part importee des entrees de chaque bien est...

La presente etude permet de mieux comprendre la contribution, a l'economie du pays, des petites, moyennes et grandes entreprises au Canada. A cette fin, on examine les parts du produit interieur brut (PIB) attribuables a chacun de ces groupes de taille dans le secteur des entreprises. Les...

Dans le present document, on examine le rendement de l'investissement au Canada et aux Etats Unis en explorant les similarites et les differences des investissements en actifs fixes de 1990 a 2011, periode durant laquelle les deux pays ont subi des chocs differents. Le declin important des...

Le present rapport presente une comparaison de la valeur nette des menages par habitant au Canada et aux Etats Unis de 1970 a 2012, basee sur des donnees provenant des comptes du bilan national du Canada et des mouvements de fonds (Flow of Funds Accounts) publies par la Reserve federale...

L'association entre la taille et le rendement des entreprises continue de susciter l'interet des chercheurs et des decideurs. Les petites et moyennes entreprises recoivent beaucoup d'attention, car elles presentent un potentiel de croissance considerable. Toutefois, comparativement aux grandes...

This paper examines the long-term labour market premiums associated with completing a college certificate and a bachelor's degree, compared to completing a high school diploma. Several labour market outcomes of individuals are examined with longitudinal data over a 20-year period spanning their...

In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher...

With the leading edge of the baby boom generation now in their mid-sixties, there is considerable interest in how and when these individuals will retire. To help place this issue in a broader context, this paper provides information on the employment histories of individuals who were aged 33 to...