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intitulée «Le rôle de l’éducation dans l’utilisation et l’adoption de la technologie : Données probantes de l’Enquête sur le … travailleurs sur leur utilisation et leur adoption des nouvelles techniques. L’étude montre que l’éducation exerce des effets …
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We analyze how fatal shootings in high schools affect schools and students using data from shooting databases, school report cards, and the Common Core of Data. We examine schools’ test scores, enrollment, and number of teachers, as well as graduation, attendance, and suspension rates at...
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In universities across many western countries, student enrolments in economics discipline rose sharply towards the end of last decade but not in Canada. One reason for this outcome may be the continued perception of Canadian students of a lower economic reward to an economics degree. Using micro...
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Canada’s population has been aging steadily for several decades. In 1976, the median age of men in the population was only 27.2 years, but by 2013, had risen to 39.4 years. The trend reflects both an increase in the life expectancy of Canadians at birth and also the impact of the aging...
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British Columbia) and Xueda Song (York University) entitled “The Role of Education in Technology Use and Adoption: Evidence …€™ educational attainment on their use and adoption of new technologies. The study shows that education exerts causal impacts on …
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education in the selection of economic immigrants is creating an imbalance between the supply of both first and second …
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This paper studies the incidence and duration of unemployment in Canada at an aggregate and a number of disaggregated levels with data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey covering 1976 to 2006. The principal empirical findings indicate that most of the changes in steady state unemployment...
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analysis indicates that dropouts have poorer wage and employment outcomes, and they do not make up for their lack of education …
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post-migration education on new immigrants’ labour market integration, as measured by earnings and occupational status … professional or managerial occupation prior to migration are most likely to enroll in Canadian education. But, acceptance of … previous work experience by Canadian employers lowers the likelihood of enrolling in further education. Financial capital was …
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This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals’ adaptability to employment shocks …. Specifically, we assess the extent to which education influences re-employment success for unemployed workers. We also examine the … impact of education on job search intensity, one potential mechanism through which education may increase the probability of …
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