Changes in job tenure and job stability in Canada
by Andrew Heisz
Business and Labour Market Analysis Division
Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, No. 095
Using monthly data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey the author
investigates changes in the complete lengths of new job spells from
1981 through 1994.
While the average complete length of new jobs did not increase or decrease
over the period, changes in the distribution of complete job lengths
suggest that there is an increase in the proportion of short-term jobs
and a decrease in the proportion of medium term jobs created over the
period. The proportion of long-term jobs remained unchanged. This pattern
of change was found among all virtually all demographic subgroups examined
suggesting that an economy wide (rather than a sectoral or demographic)
explanation must be sought.
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