Table 5
Changes in the education wage premium and key explanatory variables, by province — Men aged 20 to 34
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| Provinces | Change from 2000–2002 to 2010–2012 | |||||||||
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| Education wage premium | Relative labour supply | Oil price | Housing starts | Computer and telecommuni-cations | Exchange rate | Log minimum wages | Rate of unionization | Difference in the incidence of temporary jobs | Unemployment rate of men aged 35 to 54 | |
| number | ||||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | -0.047 | 0.250 | 0.027 | 0.062 | -0.192 | 0.036 | 0.368 | 0.039 | 0.051 | -0.024 |
| Other Atlantic provinces | -0.050 | 0.100 | 0.007 | 0.006 | -0.230 | 0.053 | 0.270 | 0.023 | 0.023 | -0.008 |
| Quebec | -0.085 | 0.195 | 0.003 | 0.026 | -0.416 | 0.088 | 0.125 | 0.040 | -0.029 | -0.007 |
| Ontario | -0.034 | 0.169 | 0.004 | -0.010 | -0.433 | 0.081 | 0.196 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.016 |
| Manitoba | -0.090 | 0.080 | 0.008 | 0.062 | -0.173 | 0.062 | 0.253 | 0.026 | -0.007 | 0.000 |
| Saskatchewan | -0.196 | 0.014 | 0.063 | 0.094 | -0.153 | 0.044 | 0.205 | 0.007 | -0.005 | -0.007 |
| Alberta | -0.150 | 0.080 | 0.102 | -0.007 | -0.310 | 0.045 | 0.180 | 0.010 | 0.022 | 0.007 |
| British Columbia | -0.060 | 0.247 | 0.012 | 0.033 | -0.297 | 0.053 | -0.020 | -0.038 | 0.017 | -0.005 |
| All provinces | -0.077 | 0.150 | 0.026 | 0.012 | -0.381 | 0.067 | 0.155 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.003 |
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Note: The education wage premium shown in this table is based on log weekly wages. The numbers shown for relative labour supply are gender-specific. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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