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Alternative Work Practices and Quit Rates: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence for Canada

Rosa, Julio; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

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...

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An Experimental Canadian Survey that Links Workplace Practices and Employee Outcomes: Why it is Needed and How it Works

Picot, Garnett; Wannell, Ted - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997

Fundamental changes have taken place in the labour market and among firms in the 1980s and 1990s. In some cases we understand what has occurred, but notwhy. In other cases the data do not exist to shed light on exactly what is happening, let alone why. Changes in the labour market are often...

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Growth of Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing During the 1990's

Rama, Ed; Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999

This paper outlines the growth in advanced technology use that has taken place over the last decade in Canadian manufacturing establishments. It presents the percentage of plants that use any one of the advanced technologies studied and how this has changed between 1989 and 1998. It also...

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The Missing Link - Data on the Demand Side of Labour Markets

Osberg, Lars - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

Labour economists have developed elaborate theoretical models and conducted very advanced econometric analysis of the decision making of households. But this emphasis on the supply side of the labour market has not been matched by any corresponding degree of sophistication in empirical analysis...

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Multinationals and the Canadian Innovation Process

Baldwin, John R.; Hanel, Peter - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

paper describes the innovation regime of multinational firms in Canada by examining the differences between foreign- and … into local innovation networks; the intensity of innovation; and the use that is made of intellectual property rights to … information for innovation than are these inter-firm links. Surprisingly, foreign subsidiaries also more frequently report that …

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Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change by examining the take-up of advanced technologies and how it is related to the stochastic growth process in the plant population. Its framework is...

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