In this report, we examine whether the proportion of workers who receive training (and whether the training duration) varies with age in Quebec and Ontario using data from the Workplace and Employee Survey from 1999-2004. In general, we find that the probability that a worker receives training...

In this report, we estimate returns to training (in terms of wages and productivity) using data from the Workplace and Employee survey from 199-2004 and investigate whether these returns vary with age. Although we find that the returns to training on wages is fairly constant across all age...

In this article, we estimate the determinants of hours of work for Ontario and Quebec using Statistics Canada Labour Force Surveys. We first illustrate that intensity hours worked per employed person - has decreased in Quebec relative to Ontario between 1997 and 2005. We then proceed to show...

Le 1er janvier 2004, une réforme de la loi 90 suspendait, pour les entreprises de taille moyenne, l'obligation d'investir 1 % de leur masse salariale en formation. Dans cette étude, nous traitons cette réforme comme une expérience naturelle pour estimer l'impact de la loi 90 sur les...