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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T11:10:04+00:00Trends in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/11/working-paper-2010-28/
From 1980 until 2007, U.S. average hours worked increased by thirteen percent, due to a large increase in female hours. At the same time, the U.S. labor wedge, measured as the discrepancy between a representative household's marginal rate of substitution between consumption and leisure and the marginal product of labor, declined substantially.2010-11-08T15:19:41+00:00enTrends in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge2010-11-08Economic modelsLabour marketsPotential outputWorking Paper 2010-28https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wp10-28.pdfTrends in U.S. Hours and the Labor WedgeSimona CociubaAlexander UeberfeldtNovember 2010EE2E24HH2H20H3H31JJ2J22Stability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Employment in Labour Adjustment
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/11/working-paper-2010-27-2/
In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of industries, and account for 40 per cent of the total job reallocation. Yet most models of job reallocation abstract from temporary workers.2010-11-07T15:25:27+00:00enStability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Employment in Labour Adjustment2010-11-07Labour marketsProductivityWorking Paper 2010-27 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wp10-27.pdfStability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Employment in Labour AdjustmentShutao CaoDanny LeungNovember 2010DD2D24JJ3J32Relative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR Analysis
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/05/discussion-paper-2010-5/
In recent years, the Canadian economy has been affected by strong movements in relative prices brought about by the surging costs of energy and non-energy commodities, with significant implications for the terms of trade, the exchange rate, and the allocation of resources across Canadian sectors and regions.2010-05-17T00:00:47+00:00enRelative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR Analysis2010-05-17Labour marketsProductivityRecent economic and financial developmentsDiscussion paper 2010-5 https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dp10-5.pdfRelative Price Movements and Labour Productivity in Canada: A VAR AnalysisMichael DolegaDavid DupuisLise PichetteMay 2010EE2E23E24OO4O47Time Variation in Okun's Law: A Canada and U.S. Comparison
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/02/working-paper-2010-7/
This article investigates the stability of Okun's law for Canada and the United States using a time varying parameter approach. Time variation is modeled as driftless random walks and is estimated using the median unbiased estimator approach developed by Stock and Watson (1998).2010-02-24T10:42:00+00:00enTime Variation in Okun's Law: A Canada and U.S. Comparison2010-02-24Business fluctuations and cyclesLabour marketsWorking Paper 2010-7https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/wp10-7.pdfTime Variation in Okun's Law: A Canada and U.S. ComparisonKimberly BeatonFebruary 2010EE2E24JJ0J00Labour Reallocation, Relative Prices and Productivity
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2010/01/working-paper-2010-2/
This paper documents the rate at which labour flows between industries and between firms within industries using the most recent data available. It examines the determinants of these flows and their relationship with the productivity growth.2010-01-22T09:26:44+00:00enLabour Reallocation, Relative Prices and Productivity2010-01-22Inflation and pricesLabour marketsProductivityWorking Paper 2010-2https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/wp10-2.pdfLabour Reallocation, Relative Prices and ProductivityShutao CaoDanny LeungJanuary 2010DD2D23EE3E32JJ6