Are Jobs Less Stable in the Services Sector? - ARCHIVED
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Based on data from the Labour Force Survey and the Longitudinal Worker File, this document examines job stability patterns in Canada, particularly in the services sector. It finds that job stability varies not only between the services and non-services sectors, but also within the services sector. For example, jobs are equally as stable in the business services, distributive services and manufacturing industries, but less stable in the consumer services and primary and construction industries. Job stability is highest in public services.
This document also demonstrates that aggregate job stability is now at historically high levels, partly due to drops in permanent layoff rates and quit rates. Since a rising quit rate usually accompanies a robust economy, the increase in job stability that arises from lower quit rates is not necessarily a positive development. Lower quit rates are found in the business services and public services industries. This contrasts with consumer services where the rise in job stability was caused by a drop in permanent layoff rates.
Main Product: Analytical Paper Series - Service Industries Division
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February 26, 1999 |
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- Analytical products
- Business services
- Construction industry
- Economic growth
- Employment insurance
- Goods-producing industries
- Help-wanted index
- Hiring rates
- Job creation
- Job search
- Job security
- Jobs
- Labour force
- Layoffs
- Length of employment
- Management
- Older workers
- Permanent layoffs
- Public sector
- Quit rates
- Retailers
- Service sector
- Termination of employment
- Workplace
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