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21. International students in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 81-003-X19960033174
Geography: Canada
Description:
Canada has become a world leader in hosting international students. Ranked fifth in the world in 1992, Canada was behind only the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom in the number of international postsecondary students hosted. At all levels during the 1993-94 school year, approximately 87,000 international students were studying in Canadian universities, colleges and schools. Although their stay in Canada is usually temporary, international students often bring both cultural and financial benefits. Their presence can enrich Canadian campuses by contributing to a culturally and intellectually diverse learning environment. Also, their enrolment may generate additional revenues for educational institutions at a time when education budgets are under severe pressure. The impact of international students often extends beyond their period of study and their ties with Canada can continue long after they return to their countries.
Release date: 1996-10-31
22. The provincial distribution of research and development (R&D) in Canada, 1979 to 1994 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960097974
Geography: Province or territory
Description:
This release provides a provincial distribution of the research and development activity in the ten provinces.
Release date: 1996-10-25
23. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology, by province and territories, 1994-1995 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960087973
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures. The distribution is done every two years and the previous data available are for the period 1992-93.
Release date: 1996-10-17
24. A booming travel market Archived
Articles and reports: 87-003-X19960042885
Geography: Canada
Description:
The analysis begins by examining the development of the Asian travel market in comparison with the European travel market, which remains the most important market for Canada. Next certain characteristics of visitors from two countries are explored, in particular: first Japan, and then, more briefly, South Korea. Finally, a few of the events that contributed to the extraordinary expansion of this market are described. The focus is put on Japan because so many Japanese tourists visit Canada and spend so much money, and on South Korea because it has the highest growth rate in travel to Canada.
Release date: 1996-10-11
25. Estimation of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector, 1994-1995 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960077972
Description:
The Higher Education sector is composed of "all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status.
Release date: 1996-10-01
26. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology, by province and territories, 1995-1996 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970078003
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures.
Release date: 1996-10-01
27. Unemployment in the Stock and Flow Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1997097
Geography: Canada
Description:
A framework for the dynamic analysis of unemployment is presented, and applied to Canadian and U.S. data. The focus of the analysis is upon the distinctionbetween being unemployed and becoming unemployed, that is, between the stock and the flow of unemployment. The share of a particular group in the stock ofunemployed will differ from its share in the flow into unemployment to the extent that the average duration of unemployment for the group differs from the economywide average. An analysis of Canadian and U.S. data leads to a series of stylized facts that permit a deeper understanding of unemployment in the two countries, andof the differences between them. Significant differences in the average duration of unemployment imply that stock shares are not good indicators of flow shares,changes in the stock share of some groups are due to changes in the flow share, while for others they are due to changes in the length of unemployment spells.Explanations of the Canada - U.S. unemployment rate gap should try to accommodate at least three facts uncovered by the analysis: (1) that employer initiatedpermanent separations are the primary means of entry into unemployment in Canada, while labour force entry plays a more important role in the US; (2)unemployment spells are significantly longer in Canada than in the U.S. because of longer spells for most groups regardless of reason for unemployment, not becauseof a compositional difference in the make up of the unemployed; and (3) that longer spell duration and a higher incidence of unemployment contribute about equallyto the trend increase in the Canada - U.S. unemployment differential during the 1980s.
Release date: 1996-09-30
28. Total Spending on research and development in Canada, 1971 to 1996. Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960067971
Description:
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD) represents total R&D expenditures performed in a country's national territory during a given year.
Release date: 1996-09-26
29. Structural Change in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector (1970-90) Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1994061
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper investigates structural change at the national and the regional level in five broadly defined sectors of the Canadian economy -- the natural-resource-based, the labour-intensive, the scale-based, the product-differentiated, and the science-based sectors. Three aspects of change are examined. First, changes in the importance of each sector over the last twenty years are traced. Second, the amount of internal change within each sector -- changes in the importance of individual industries in each sector and the nature of job turnover within industries are examined. Finally, the extent to which wage differentials have widened over time is examined.
Release date: 1996-09-26
30. Were Small Producers the Engines of Growth in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in the 1980s? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1996088
Geography: Canada
Description:
Small firms are often seen to be the engines of growth. There are two main sources of empirical evidence that are adduced to support this conclusion. The first is that job creation has been coming mainly from small firms. The second is that the share of employment accounted for by small firms has increased in the past two decades. Both of these sources rely on a simple metric--employment. This paper asks whether changes in this metric affect the view of the role that small firms play in the growth process.
The first section of the paper maintains employment as the measure that is used to evaluate the importance of small firms but modifies the raw measure of employment to correct for the fact that small firms pay lower wages than large firms. The paper examines the evidence indicating that smaller producers in the manufacturing sector pay lower wages and that this differential has grown over time. It then uses relative wage rates to create a measure of employment that is adjusted for wage differentials. When this is done, small producers no longer outperform large producers in terms of job creation over the 1970s and 1980s in the Canadian manufacturing sector.
The second section of the paper changes the metric used to evaluate relative performance by moving from employment to output and labour productivity. The paper demonstrates that while small producers have increased their employment share dramatically, they have barely changed their output share. Small firms have been falling behind large firms both with respect to wages paid and labour productivity. Large producers have been decreasing their relative employment while maintaining their relative output share, thereby making dramatic strides in increasing their relative labour productivity.
Release date: 1996-09-24

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21. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology, by province and territories, 1994-1995 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960087973
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures. The distribution is done every two years and the previous data available are for the period 1992-93.
Release date: 1996-10-17
22. A booming travel market Archived
Articles and reports: 87-003-X19960042885
Geography: Canada
Description:
The analysis begins by examining the development of the Asian travel market in comparison with the European travel market, which remains the most important market for Canada. Next certain characteristics of visitors from two countries are explored, in particular: first Japan, and then, more briefly, South Korea. Finally, a few of the events that contributed to the extraordinary expansion of this market are described. The focus is put on Japan because so many Japanese tourists visit Canada and spend so much money, and on South Korea because it has the highest growth rate in travel to Canada.
Release date: 1996-10-11
23. Estimation of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector, 1994-1995 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960077972
Description:
The Higher Education sector is composed of "all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status.
Release date: 1996-10-01
24. Distribution of federal expenditures on science and technology, by province and territories, 1995-1996 Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970078003
Description:
This service bulletin presents the geographic distribution of federal government science and technology expenditures.
Release date: 1996-10-01
25. Unemployment in the Stock and Flow Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1997097
Geography: Canada
Description:
A framework for the dynamic analysis of unemployment is presented, and applied to Canadian and U.S. data. The focus of the analysis is upon the distinctionbetween being unemployed and becoming unemployed, that is, between the stock and the flow of unemployment. The share of a particular group in the stock ofunemployed will differ from its share in the flow into unemployment to the extent that the average duration of unemployment for the group differs from the economywide average. An analysis of Canadian and U.S. data leads to a series of stylized facts that permit a deeper understanding of unemployment in the two countries, andof the differences between them. Significant differences in the average duration of unemployment imply that stock shares are not good indicators of flow shares,changes in the stock share of some groups are due to changes in the flow share, while for others they are due to changes in the length of unemployment spells.Explanations of the Canada - U.S. unemployment rate gap should try to accommodate at least three facts uncovered by the analysis: (1) that employer initiatedpermanent separations are the primary means of entry into unemployment in Canada, while labour force entry plays a more important role in the US; (2)unemployment spells are significantly longer in Canada than in the U.S. because of longer spells for most groups regardless of reason for unemployment, not becauseof a compositional difference in the make up of the unemployed; and (3) that longer spell duration and a higher incidence of unemployment contribute about equallyto the trend increase in the Canada - U.S. unemployment differential during the 1980s.
Release date: 1996-09-30
26. Total Spending on research and development in Canada, 1971 to 1996. Archived
Stats in brief: 88-001-X19960067971
Description:
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (GERD) represents total R&D expenditures performed in a country's national territory during a given year.
Release date: 1996-09-26
27. Structural Change in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector (1970-90) Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1994061
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper investigates structural change at the national and the regional level in five broadly defined sectors of the Canadian economy -- the natural-resource-based, the labour-intensive, the scale-based, the product-differentiated, and the science-based sectors. Three aspects of change are examined. First, changes in the importance of each sector over the last twenty years are traced. Second, the amount of internal change within each sector -- changes in the importance of individual industries in each sector and the nature of job turnover within industries are examined. Finally, the extent to which wage differentials have widened over time is examined.
Release date: 1996-09-26
28. Were Small Producers the Engines of Growth in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in the 1980s? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M1996088
Geography: Canada
Description:
Small firms are often seen to be the engines of growth. There are two main sources of empirical evidence that are adduced to support this conclusion. The first is that job creation has been coming mainly from small firms. The second is that the share of employment accounted for by small firms has increased in the past two decades. Both of these sources rely on a simple metric--employment. This paper asks whether changes in this metric affect the view of the role that small firms play in the growth process.
The first section of the paper maintains employment as the measure that is used to evaluate the importance of small firms but modifies the raw measure of employment to correct for the fact that small firms pay lower wages than large firms. The paper examines the evidence indicating that smaller producers in the manufacturing sector pay lower wages and that this differential has grown over time. It then uses relative wage rates to create a measure of employment that is adjusted for wage differentials. When this is done, small producers no longer outperform large producers in terms of job creation over the 1970s and 1980s in the Canadian manufacturing sector.
The second section of the paper changes the metric used to evaluate relative performance by moving from employment to output and labour productivity. The paper demonstrates that while small producers have increased their employment share dramatically, they have barely changed their output share. Small firms have been falling behind large firms both with respect to wages paid and labour productivity. Large producers have been decreasing their relative employment while maintaining their relative output share, thereby making dramatic strides in increasing their relative labour productivity.
Release date: 1996-09-24
29. The labour market: Mid-year review [1996] Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960032893
Geography: Canada
Description:
A look at the labour market and other economic indicators during the first six months of 1996.
Release date: 1996-09-03
30. Work absences and compensation Archived
Articles and reports: 75-001-X19960032894
Geography: Canada
Description:
Prolonged absences from work can have major financial consequences for both employees and employers. This article explores trends in absences of two weeks or more due to illness or accident. Sources of compensation received by employees are examined by industry sector.
Release date: 1996-09-03

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1. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth - Microdata User's Guide Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89M0015G
Description:
The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term research program (started in 1994) that will track a large sample of children over many years, enabling researchers to monitor children's well-being and development.
Not all the information collected for the first cycle of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth are included in this first microdata file. The second release will be in 1997.
Release date: 1996-12-18
2. Another measure of employment Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X19960042907
Geography: Canada
Description:
The employment/population ratio is a good barometer of the state of the economy and an important though little-used labour market indicator. This article takes a look at the ratio's strengths and limitations, as well as its variation since 1946. Provincial and international comparisons are included.
Release date: 1996-12-03
3. Backgrounder on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89F0094X
Description:
The Backgrounder on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) describes the history of the survey and how literacy is measured.
Release date: 1996-09-12
4. The Effect of Rebasing on GDP Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-604-M1996035
Description:
About once every five years, the System of National Accounts (SNA) is rebased to keep up with the evolution of prices in the economy. In other words, its aggregates at constant prices are recalculated in terms of the prices of a more recent time. Also, the System is revamped about once a decade to introduce new accounting conventions, improved methods of estimation and revised statistical classifications. These revisions will change the gross domestic product (GDP) of the past 70 years. Both types of revision are presently underway, with their results scheduled for release next year.
This article takes an advance look at the likely effect of rebasing the SNA on the record of growth since 1992. It presents the results of an approximate rebasing of the expenditure-based GDP of the quarterly National Income and Expenditure Accounts (NIEA).
Release date: 1996-08-30

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