Le present document i) examine l'envergure et la cyclicite du flux de creation et de disparition des emplois autonomes; ii) explore les transitions liees a ces mouvements; iii) evalue l'incidence de caracteristiques individuelles et de l'experience du marche du travail ainsi que de conditions...

Le present document traite du roulement de la main-d'oeuvre et de l'adaptation au marche du travail dans l'economie ontarienne, entre 1978 et 1993. Les principales conclusions qui ressortent de cette analyse sont resumees ci-apres. Le taux de mises a pied permanentes et le taux global de...

This paper highlights recent developments in self-employment in Canada and explores its relationship to unemployment/full-time paid-employment. There are now two and a half million Canadians working at their own businesses, amounting to 16.2% of the total labour force or accounting for 17.8% of...

This paper outlines the structure of payroll taxes and documents evidence on the level, growth and role of each component over the last three decades for Canada and for each province. Levied by both the federal and provincial governments, payroll taxes in Canada include four major components: i)...

This paper documents job turnover and labour market adjustment activities in the Ontario economy from 1978 to 1993. The following highlights the major findings. Both the permanent layoff rate and the total permanent separation rate vary substantially from one industry to another. In 1992, the...

Canadians are increasingly concerned about permanent layoffs, as many feel job instability and the possibility of job loss has increased in the 1990s. Governments, confronted with a large number of permanent layoffs each year, need to know how to respond to improve labour adjustment and the...

This paper investigates the inter-provincial labour mobility behaviour of immigrants relative to that of native-born Canadians. Foreign-born Canadians differ a great deal from their domestically-born counterparts. The foreign-born population is geographically concentrated in a few provinces and...

This paper highlights recent trends in employment insurance (formerly unemployment insurance). It also provides a review of the historic evolution of the employment insurance program. The following summarizes the main results. The EI system has turned from large deficits prior to 1993, to...