Applied Research Bulletin - Volume 6, Number 1 (Winter/Spring 2000)

List of Studies Presented in This Bulletin

Appleby, John, Daniel Boothby, Manon Rouleau and Geoff Rowe. Distribution of Rate of Return by Field of Study and Level of Education in Canada. Forthcoming working paper. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Appleby, John and Manon Rouleau. Est-il rentable de poursuivre des études postsecondaires au Canada : une analyse temporelle des rendements à l'éducation. Forthcoming working paper. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Baker, Michael and Nicole Fortin. Gender Composition and Wages: Why Is Canada Different from the United States? Working Paper W-00-3E. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, March 2000.

Beaudry, Paul and Thomas Lemieux. Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-1994. Working Paper W-99-4E.Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, January 1999.

Bédard, Marcel, Jean-François Bertrand and Louis Grignon. Les chômeurs sans emploi récent. Working Paper W-00-4F. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, March 2000.

Finnie, Ross. Low Income (Poverty) Dynamics in Canada: Entry, Exit, Spell Durations, and Total Time. Forthcoming working paper. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Gascon, Stéphane. Revenu potentiel et pauvreté au Canada, 1986-1996. Forthcoming working paper. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada. South of the Border: Graduates from the Class of '95 Who Moved to the United States. Ottawa, 1999.

Lavoie, Marie and Richard Roy. Employment in the Knowledge-Based Economy: A Growth Accounting Exercise for Canada. Research Paper R-98-8E. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, June 1998.

Lavoie, Marie and Pierre Therrien. Employment Effects of Computerization, 1971-1991. Working Paper W-99-2E. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, 1999.

Lin, Winston, Philip K. Robins, David Card, Kristen Harknett, Susanna Lui-Gurr, et al. When Financial Incentives Encourage Work: Complete 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project (Executive summary and full document). Ottawa: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, September 1998.

Michalopoulos, Charles, Philip K. Robins and David Card. When Financial Work Incentives Pay for Themselves. Early Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project's Applicant Study. Ottawa: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, May 1999.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Battle Against Exclusion, Volume 3: Social Assistance in Canada and Switzerland. Paris: OECD,1999.
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Quets, Gail, Philip K. Robins, Elsie C. Pan, Charles Michalopoulos and David Card. Does SSP Plus Increase Employment? The Effect of Adding Services to the Self-Sufficiency Project's Financial Incentives. Ottawa: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, May 1999.

Rubenson, Kjell and Hans G. Schuetze, eds. Transition to the Knowledge Society: Policies and Strategies for Individual Participation and Learning. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Institute for European Studies, 2000.
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Threat of Exclusion. Forthcoming research paper. Ottawa: Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Willms, J. Douglas. Inequalities in Literacy Skills Among Youth in Canada and the United States. International Adult Literacy Survey Monograph Series, Catalogue No. 89-552-MPE, No. 6. Ottawa: Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada, September 1999. [To order: Statistics Canada, Operations and Integration Division, Circulation Management, 120 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Tel. 613-951-7277 or 1-800-700-1033. Free of charge at http://www.nald.ca/nls/ials/inequal/inequ.pdf

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