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Spring 2009 print edition
The spring 2009 print edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income, released today, comprises five articles previously released online.
"Immigrants' education and required job skills" seeks factors that could account for the difficulty well-educated, established immigrants have in finding jobs in highly skilled occupations.
"Age and earnings" assesses the use of longitudinal data in constructing age-earnings profiles, which have traditionally been based on cross-sectional information.
"Trends in manufacturing employment" provides more detail on the continuing employment decline in manufacturing industries.
"Obesity on the job" examines factors and outcomes associated with being overweight in the workplace.
"The labour market in 2008" summarizes some of the major changes in the labour market over the year.
This edition also features an update on minimum wage employment and highlights of recent reports and studies of interest from Statistics Canada and other organizations.
The spring 2009 print edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income, Vol. 21, no. 1 (75-001-XPE, $20/$63), is now available. See How to order products.
For more information, contact Henry Pold (613-951-4608; henry.pold@statcan.gc.ca), Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division.
