Six months after a student ceases being enrolled full-time in an educational institution, a loan contracted with the Canada student loans program is said to be consolidated and its repayment is expected. Many ex-students will repay their loan in total (capital and interest) within a ten-year...

(English Abstract Follows) La manière dont le marché du travail s’ajuste au choc démographique est au centre des préoccupations des politiques du marché du travail. En effet, le vieillissement de la population pourrait affecter la capacité de l’économie à s’ajuster, non seulement...

Six months after a student ceases being enrolled full-time in an educational institution, a loan contracted with the Canada student loans program is said to be consolidated and its repayment is expected. Many ex-students will repay their loan in total (capital and interest) within a ten-year...

The labour market's ability to adjust to the current demographic shock is a central concern for labour market policies. An aging population could affect the economy's ability to adjust, not only to the aging population shock itself, but also to those associated with the business cycle,...

Le prolongement de la vie active des travailleurs âgés constitue un défi de taille pour les politiques publiques dans un contexte de vieillissement de la population et de sortie fragile d'une récession. Bien que le Québec émerge relativement bien de la récession, il demeure que le...

This paper examines the profile of workers who are willing to participate in a work sharing program by reducing their working hours. In contrast with national surveys which ask workers their intention about working hours reduction, we are dealing with Alcan's workers who have actually decided to...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the government subsidy that has been paid to workers of a large Canadian firm in the context of a work sharing program has been a profitable operation for the government. We find that it has not been financially viable for the provincial government...

L'objectif de ce rapport est de dresser l'état des lieux sur l'importance et les comportements des étudiants étrangers au Québec, d'examiner les impacts économiques de leur présence et de réévaluer les politiques publiques afférentes y compris le niveau des droits de scolarités et les...