Employment equity legislation is becoming more prevalent in Canadian labour markets, yet -- other than broad … availability numbers -- the labour market experiencesof designated groups have not been well documented. Using the National … Graduates Survey of 1992, this report profiles the early labour market experiences ofvisible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and …

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, these do not appear to arise - as is often argued - from a lack of … role of women in rural areas. The results also suggest labour market segmentation within rural areas with clear differences …

education; to be students and to live as unattached individuals or in lone-parent families. As well, Canadians facing …

Compulsory school laws have existed in Canada for more than a hundred years, and policies to mandate further education … continue to be discussed. This paper examines the impact of these laws on education attainment and on subsequent social … economic outcomes for individuals compelled to stay in school. The findings indicate that mandating education substantially …

This paper examines the long-term labour market premiums associated with a high school diploma. The focus is on the … required to obtain the qualification (the human-capital effect) are also estimated. The labour market outcomes of individuals … graduates (those who had obtained a high school diploma but had not acquired any postsecondary education by the 1991 Census) and …

employed in the oil industry differs markedly across provinces and education levels. Taken together, these facts suggest that …-provincial variation in labour demand and male wage growth in Canada. Using data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey, this study exploits … this variation in wage growth in order to estimate the elasticity of young men's labour market participation and school …