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- 1. Seasonal work and Employment Insurance use ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200310913100Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the many dimensions of seasonality in employment to determine the extent to which each contributes to frequent reliance on Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.
Release date: 2003-12-08 - Articles and reports: 11-010-X20030116683Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan areaDescription:
This paper examines the number of hours worked as a result of the August 2003 power outage in Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.
Release date: 2003-11-20 - Journals and periodicals: 89-594-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This paper uses three cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to examine whether parental labour market participation and the use of substitute child-care influence the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school. The analysis in this paper is based on the arguments that parent-child interaction fosters the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school successfully, and that full-time participation in the work force by lone parents (in one-parent families) and by both parents (in dual-parent families) often results in comparatively less time for parent-child interaction than in families with a stay-at-home parent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine whether reductions in parental time spent with children as a result of work outside the home impact the intellectual development of young children.
The study indicates that parental participation in the labour market has little effect on the school readiness scores of most pre-school-aged children. However, children's school readiness does appear to be influenced by parental labour market participation if the parents exhibit above-average parenting skills and levels of parental education. Children of mothers who display above-average parenting skills and higher levels of education tend to benefit slightly when their mothers do not work outside the home. Likewise, children of fathers with above-average education exhibit slightly higher cognitive outcomes if their fathers work part time.
Although the author finds that there is no association between the number of hours that children spend in child care and their level of school readiness, the study does observe that among pre-school children in substitute child-care, those who come from higher-income families tend to score higher on the school readiness tests than do children from lower-income families. This finding may be attributed to the possibility that children in higher-income families are exposed to a higher quality of substitute child-care, or it may be attributed simply to the advantages of growing up in a family with greater resources.
Release date: 2003-10-23 - 4. Working Hours in Canada and the United States ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2003209Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates annual working hours in the United States and Canada over the period 1979 to 2000. The study finds that a working hours gap opened in the 1980s and expanded substantially in the 1990s. It investigates the possibility that labour supply differences, specifically (1) incentives resulting from wage inequality, or (2) differences in the employment engagement of women, youth or older men, explain this working hours gap. The study finds that the stylized facts do not lead one to a supply side explanation. In fact, the sluggish economic growth in Canada relative to the U.S. (reflected in the unemployment rate) during much of the 1990s provides the best explanation for the increase in the hours gap, suggesting that explanations for the divergence in hours worked between the U.S. and Canada should focus on the demand side of the labour market.
Release date: 2003-09-11 - Articles and reports: 89-584-M2003001Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study explores the relationship involving work, parenthood and time scarcity by comparing the experiences of women and men who have recently become parents. It examines how the transition to parenthood affects men and women differently with respect to time use, division of labour and perceptions of time.
Release date: 2003-07-21 - Articles and reports: 71-584-M2003006Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report examines part-time work and the provision of 'family-friendly' work arrangements, such as flextime, telework, childcare and eldercare services.
Release date: 2003-06-26 - 7. Volunteering on company time ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200310413089Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper looks at the activities of employed volunteers who are given employer support. It compares employed volunteers with retirees and others.
Release date: 2003-06-18 - 8. The health of Canada's shift workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20030016532Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides an up-to-date profile of shift workers and studies their physical and mental health.
Release date: 2003-06-10 - 9. Alternative Work Practices and Quit Rates: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence for Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2003199Geography: CanadaDescription:
Using a nationally representative sample of establishments, we have examined whether selected alternative work practices (AWPs) tend to reduce quit rates. Overall, our analysis provides strong evidence of a negative association between these AWPs and quit rates among establishments of more than 10 employees operating in high-skill services. We also found some evidence of a negative association in low-skill services. However, the magnitude of this negative association was reduced substantially when we added an indicator of whether the workplace has a formal policy of information sharing. There was very little evidence of a negative association in manufacturing. While establishments with self-directed workgroups have lower quit rates than others, none of the bundles of work practices considered yielded a negative and statistically significant effect. We surmise that key AWPs might be more successful in reducing labour turnover in technologically complex environments than in low-skill ones.
Release date: 2003-03-17
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- 1. Seasonal work and Employment Insurance use ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200310913100Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the many dimensions of seasonality in employment to determine the extent to which each contributes to frequent reliance on Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.
Release date: 2003-12-08 - Articles and reports: 11-010-X20030116683Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan areaDescription:
This paper examines the number of hours worked as a result of the August 2003 power outage in Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.
Release date: 2003-11-20 - 3. Working Hours in Canada and the United States ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2003209Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates annual working hours in the United States and Canada over the period 1979 to 2000. The study finds that a working hours gap opened in the 1980s and expanded substantially in the 1990s. It investigates the possibility that labour supply differences, specifically (1) incentives resulting from wage inequality, or (2) differences in the employment engagement of women, youth or older men, explain this working hours gap. The study finds that the stylized facts do not lead one to a supply side explanation. In fact, the sluggish economic growth in Canada relative to the U.S. (reflected in the unemployment rate) during much of the 1990s provides the best explanation for the increase in the hours gap, suggesting that explanations for the divergence in hours worked between the U.S. and Canada should focus on the demand side of the labour market.
Release date: 2003-09-11 - Articles and reports: 89-584-M2003001Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study explores the relationship involving work, parenthood and time scarcity by comparing the experiences of women and men who have recently become parents. It examines how the transition to parenthood affects men and women differently with respect to time use, division of labour and perceptions of time.
Release date: 2003-07-21 - Articles and reports: 71-584-M2003006Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report examines part-time work and the provision of 'family-friendly' work arrangements, such as flextime, telework, childcare and eldercare services.
Release date: 2003-06-26 - 6. Volunteering on company time ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200310413089Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper looks at the activities of employed volunteers who are given employer support. It compares employed volunteers with retirees and others.
Release date: 2003-06-18 - 7. The health of Canada's shift workers ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20030016532Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article provides an up-to-date profile of shift workers and studies their physical and mental health.
Release date: 2003-06-10 - 8. Alternative Work Practices and Quit Rates: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence for Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2003199Geography: CanadaDescription:
Using a nationally representative sample of establishments, we have examined whether selected alternative work practices (AWPs) tend to reduce quit rates. Overall, our analysis provides strong evidence of a negative association between these AWPs and quit rates among establishments of more than 10 employees operating in high-skill services. We also found some evidence of a negative association in low-skill services. However, the magnitude of this negative association was reduced substantially when we added an indicator of whether the workplace has a formal policy of information sharing. There was very little evidence of a negative association in manufacturing. While establishments with self-directed workgroups have lower quit rates than others, none of the bundles of work practices considered yielded a negative and statistically significant effect. We surmise that key AWPs might be more successful in reducing labour turnover in technologically complex environments than in low-skill ones.
Release date: 2003-03-17
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- Journals and periodicals: 89-594-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This paper uses three cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to examine whether parental labour market participation and the use of substitute child-care influence the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school. The analysis in this paper is based on the arguments that parent-child interaction fosters the development of the skills needed by pre-school-aged children in order to begin school successfully, and that full-time participation in the work force by lone parents (in one-parent families) and by both parents (in dual-parent families) often results in comparatively less time for parent-child interaction than in families with a stay-at-home parent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine whether reductions in parental time spent with children as a result of work outside the home impact the intellectual development of young children.
The study indicates that parental participation in the labour market has little effect on the school readiness scores of most pre-school-aged children. However, children's school readiness does appear to be influenced by parental labour market participation if the parents exhibit above-average parenting skills and levels of parental education. Children of mothers who display above-average parenting skills and higher levels of education tend to benefit slightly when their mothers do not work outside the home. Likewise, children of fathers with above-average education exhibit slightly higher cognitive outcomes if their fathers work part time.
Although the author finds that there is no association between the number of hours that children spend in child care and their level of school readiness, the study does observe that among pre-school children in substitute child-care, those who come from higher-income families tend to score higher on the school readiness tests than do children from lower-income families. This finding may be attributed to the possibility that children in higher-income families are exposed to a higher quality of substitute child-care, or it may be attributed simply to the advantages of growing up in a family with greater resources.
Release date: 2003-10-23
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