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Spring 2011 print edition

The Spring 2011 print edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income, released today, includes four articles previously released in the online edition.

"Why has the gender wage gap narrowed?" analyses the narrowing wage gap according to the changing characteristics of men and women in paid work, the changes in pay received for those characteristics, and the extent to which who works in each period affects the results.

"Seniors' self-employment" uses census data to study self-employment among senior men and women. Trends in self-employment rates and categories are presented, along with occupational and industrial profiles.

"Retirement, health and employment among those 55 plus" examines four distinct states of retirement among older Canadians: fully retired; partially retired; previously retired but returned to work; and never retired.

"Inside the labour market downturn" investigates how various categories of non-workers grew in the past two years. It also discusses alternative measures of unemployment that include some of these categories in the calculations. Several of the alternative measures also include part-time workers who would prefer to work full time.

This edition also features the "What's New?" section, which highlights recent reports and studies of interest from Statistics Canada and other organizations.

The Spring 2011 print edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income, Vol. 23, no. 1 (75-001-X, $20/$63), is now available. See How to order products.

For more information, contact Ted Wannell (613-951-3546; ted.wannell@statcan.gc.ca), Labour Statistics Division.