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Economic conference 2004 - Emerging challenges: new insights on the economy and society
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Concurrent workshops: Series 1
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Concurrent workshop |
| 1-A |
Solidarity forever? Trends in Canadian union density
Andrew Jackson
Canadian Labour Congress
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Have permanent layoff rates increased in Canada?
René Morissette
Business and Labour Market Analysis, STC
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| 1-B |
Contribution of transnational corporations to Canada's competitiveness
Someshwar Rao and Jianmin Tang
Micro-Economic Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada
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The measurement of multifactor productivity growth in the mining sector: A revisit
Faouzi Tarkhani and Tarek Harchaoui
Micro Economic Studies and Analysis Division, STC
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| 1-C |
Meteorological services of Canada and the economy
David Grimes
Meteorological Service of Canada,
Environment Canada
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Technological change in climate change modelling: A policy making assessment
Marie-Christine Tremblay
Climate Change Economics Branch, Environment Canada
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| 1-D |
Landing on a job: The role of foreign credentials
Tina Chui
Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division, STC
Kelly Tran
Ontario Region, STC
Jessie-Lynn MacDonald
Special Surveys Division, STC
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The Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada
Elizabeth Ruddick and Jean Bergeron
Strategic Research and Statistics, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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| 1-E |
The intergenerational transmission of lone-parent and low-income status
André Bernard
Small Area and Administrative Data Division, STC
Ross Finnie
School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University
and Business, Labour and Market Analysis Division, STC
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The role of socio-economic status on the relationship
between television viewing and child outcomes
James Chowhan
Research Data Centre McMaster University, STC
Jennifer Stewart
School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
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| 1-F |
Farming on the fringe
Erik Dorff
Investment and Capital Stock Division, STC
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The importance of quality assurance systems: The case of beef and cattle exports
Michael Trant
Agriculture Division, STC
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| 1-G |
How productive are roads and other infrastructure?
John Fernald
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Public capital and its contribution
to the productivity performance
of the Canadian business sector
Tarek Harchaoui and Faouzi Tarkhani
Micro Economic Studies and Analysis Division, STC
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Infrastructure and state economic development: A survey of the issues
Richard H. Mattoon
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Concurrent workshops: Series 2
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Concurrent workshop |
| 2-A |
A profile of the working poor in Canada and an overview of the policies and programs
that support the working poor in North America and in Europe
Myriam Fortin and Dominique Fleury
Social Policy Research Group, Strategic Policy Directorate
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Explaining national origin differences in Toronto's home ownership
rates: A closer look at the effect of ethnic clustering
Michael Haan
Statistics Canada
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| 2-B |
Innovation in natural resource support service industries: Results from the
Survey of Innovation 2003
Susan Schaan
Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division, STC
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Knowledge spillovers and economic growth in Canadian cities
Malick Souare
Strategic Investment Analysis Division, Industry Canada
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| 2-C |
Importance of the manufacturing sector to the Canadian economy
Elisa Au
Industrial Analysis Branch, Industry Canada.
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Economic contributions of culture in Canada
Vik Singh
Culture and Tourism Statistics Program, STC
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| 2-D |
The length of unemployment and the problem of long-term unemployment
Claude Dionne
Income Statistics Division, STC
Vincent Dubé
Transportation Division, STC
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Personal contacts, hiring and job outcomes
Lee Grenon
Research Data Centres Program, STC
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| 2-E |
The impact of monetary policy on asset prices:
An empirical study from the Canadian perspective
Jackson Loi
Monetary Policy Analysis, Bank of Canada
Alejandro Garcia
Infrastructure Development, Bank of Canada
Carolyn Wilkins
Monetary and Financial, Bank of Canada
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Mergers and acquisitions and growth in profits in the 1990s
Lucy Opsitnik and David Sabourin
Industrial Organization and Finance Division, STC
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| 2-F |
Demystifying the concept of enhanced value in the marine products industry
Maurice Beaudin
Université de Moncton, Shippagan Campus
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The role of offshore financial centres in the evolution of
Canadian direct foreign investment between 1988 and 2002
François Lavoie
Balance of Payments Division, STC
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| 2-G |
Explaining the deteriorating entry earnings of
Canada’s immigrant cohorts: 1966 to 2000
Abdurrahman Aydemir and Mikal Skuterud
Family and Labour Studies Division, STC
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Driving a cab after graduating from university : The incidence of
overqualification among recent immigrants, 1991 to 2001
Diane Galarneau and René Morissette
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Concurrent workshops: Series 3
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Concurrent workshop |
| 3-A |
A review of low income and inequality in Canada: Trends, persistence, target groups
and an international perspective
Garnett Picot
Socio-Economic and Business Analysis, STC
John Myles
Business and Labour Market Analysis, STC and University of Toronto
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| 3-B |
Building an information system for sustainable development
Robert Smith
Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, STC
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| 3-C |
Trends and conditions in Canadian metropolitan areas
Andrew Heisz
Business and Labour Market Analysis, STC
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| 3-D |
Spatial variation of occupational structure across rural and urban Canada, 1991 to 2001
Alessandro Alasia and Erik Magnusson
Agriculture Division, STC
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| 3-E |
Federal transportation spending and revenues: The great reversal of the 1990’s
Dr. Barry E. Prentice and J. Jurgens Bekker
Transport Institute, University of Manitoba
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Concurrent workshops: Series 4
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Concurrent workshop |
| 4-A |
Broadband Internet access in Canadian households
Jonathan Ellison
Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division, STC
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E-shopping: A study online shopping towards malaysian customer perspective
Ahasanul Haque and Ali Khatibi
Faculty of Management, Multimedia University
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| 4-B |
Building a natural capital index for Canada
Rowena Orok
Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, STC
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International comparison of environmental indexes: How is Canada doing?
Rose-Marie Petersen and Paul Samson
Policy Research Directorate, Environment Canada
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| 4-C |
From Labrador City to Toronto:
The industrial diversity of Canadian cities,
1992 to 2002
Mark Brown and Desmond Beckstead
Micro-economic Analysis Division, STC
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The compelling effects of compulsory schooling:
Evidence from Canada
Philip Oreopoulos
Department of Economics,
University of Toronto
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| 4-D |
Multinationals, balance of payments and economic globalization: The paradoxes of the localized global approach
Frédéric Boccara
INSEE Administrator, Bank of France
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The dynamics of globalization and the fragile balances of
interregional redistribution systems: Comparative analysis of German
financial equalization and Canadian equalization: Information for
building in Europe
Laurent Guihéry
Laboratoire d’Économie des Transports,
Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
Pierre-Marcel Desjardins
Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development
and Department of Economics, Université de Moncton
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| 4-E |
Ageing of workforce and productivity in Canada
Carolyn Mac Leod
Finance Canada
Jianmin Tang
Industry Canada
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Canadian individual taxpayers: A changing profile
Anne-Marie Vinette and Xiaoyi Yan
Compliance Research and Strategic Analysis Division, Canada Revenue Agency
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| 4-F |
Work hours from 1996 to 2001: Did the rising economic tide raise all boats?
Andrew Heisz and Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté
Business and Labour Market Analysis, STC
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Convergence of male and female patterns of employment activity
Geoff Rowe and Huan Nguyen
Socio-Economic Analysis and Modeling Division, STC
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| 4-G |
Pesticide: Who are the high users?
Erik Magnusson
Agriculture Division, STC
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How manure was managed in the largest manure producing watersheds in 2001
Jennie Wang and Martin S. Beaulieu
Agriculture Division, STC
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Concurrent workshops: Series 5
| Series |
Concurrent workshop |
| 5-A |
A change of pace:
Comparing the 1994 and 1999 Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures Surveys
Randy A. Becker
Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Ronald J. Shadbegianb
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and the National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Sources of capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Klaus Kostenbauer
Statistics Canada
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| 5-B |
A closer look at R&D in the service sector: Canada compared with the United
States and an examination of Canadian sector R&D at the national industry level
Charlene Lonmo
Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division, STC
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Regional disparities in research and development in the business service sector
Julio Miguel Rosa
Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division, STC
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| 5-C |
An analysis of economic linkages between Canada and the United States:
Indices of economic integration
Ram C. Acharya and Someshwar Rao
Micro-economic Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada
Gary Sawchuk
Policy Research Initiative
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Why Export?
The export behaviour of Canada's R&D performing firms
Jafar A. Khondaker
International Trade Division, STC
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| 5-D |
Population movements into and out of Canada's immigrant gateway cities:
A comparative study of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
Feng Hou
Business and Labour Market Analysis Division, STC
Larry S. Bourne
Department of Geography, University of Toronto
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Increasing ethnic diversity and the integration of Canada’s urban immigrant labour force
Drs. Madeline A. Kalbach and Warren E. Kalbach
Department of Sociology,
University of Calgary
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| 5-E |
The innovation - productivity linkage:
Evidence from Canadian manufacturing firms
Can Le and Jianmin Tang
Industry Canada
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Innovation and remoteness
Don Wagner
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| 5-F |
Niche market or an expanding industry?
Organic fruit and vegetable production in Canada
Wm. Parsons
Agriculture Division, STC
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Canada’s high-tech vegetables
Jake Purdy
Agriculture Division, STC
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| 5-G |
Tariff reduction and employment in Canadian manufacturing, 1988 to 1994
Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté
Business and Labour Market Analysis, STC
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Stretching or shrinking?
An exploration of the textile and clothing industries in Canada
Diana Wyman
International Trade Division, STC
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