The authors of this report analyzed the most recent data to illustrate the impact of literacy skills on both the micro- and macro-economic levels. The report explores whether there is a case to be made for direct links between literacy skill and income level. Data relating to the ability to get a job, job retention and promotion, risk of job loss,…

Since high technology industries are expected to play an important role in Ontario's future economic development, the educational system must be particularly attuned to the need for middle-level skills in the labor market. The rapid increase in new labor market entrants with middle-level skills is not keeping pace with demand. Employers have the…

Discusses information technology (IT) labor issues in the U.S. and elsewhere, including demand for IT workers, skills and education needed to pursue IT jobs, and methods to increase supply of IT workers. Examines legislative attempts to increase supply, including use of tax incentives. Discusses IT needs and training programs in six other…

Reports results of an Alberta study measuring university supply/labor market demand, imbalances between 1975-1980, comparing graduate starting salaries between 1970-1980, determining evidence of responsive supply behavior by students, and determining adapatation of the "world systems model" to explain social changes affecting the…

Examines education's influences on Canada's employment, wages, and industrial production, using 1990 cross-sectional, provincially grouped statistical data. Workers disaggregated by educational attainment are substitutes for one another. Capital and all labor groups disaggregated by education are complements. Earnings differentials between better-…

A study was done to lay the foundation for a rigorous analysis and assessment of the functioning of the Canadian academic labor market and to begin to explore systematically the dynamic of faculty renewal and replacement. The study used data from Statistics Canada and investigated the functioning and prospects of the Canadian academic labor market…

Canadian manpower problems were researched by a group of economists at the University of Toronto in areas of interest to manpower planners and students of the labor market. The dissatisfaction of policy makers with the present operation of the labor market is discussed in three areas: (1) inadequate output due to alleged labor shortages, (2)…

In the United States and Canada alike, expressions of concern over the fact that the demand for skilled workers far exceeds the current supply have been heard repeatedly. However, several studies would seem to indicate that, as familiar as these claims about the supply and demand for skilled workers may be, they are very contentious. If a Hudson…

This document's seven papers examine compensation and employment risk in the United States and Canada. "Introduction" (John A. Turner) discusses compensation risk bearing in labor markets. "Wage and Job Risk for Workers" (John A. Turner) explores the problems of macroeconomic instability, job turnover, job and earnings…