Canada. Human Resources Development Canada. Applied Research Branch

Children and Familial Economic Welfare

The Effect of Income on Child Development

This study provides an initial assessment of the evidence of the effect of income on child development. It addresses the following: the income fluctua...

The Relationship Between Geographic Relocation and Childhood Problem Behaviour

Researchers studying problem behaviour in children are looking to family relocation as a possible cause. It is thought that as a family relocates to a...

The Approach to Seasonal Employment in the Nordic Countries

A Comparison with Canada : Final Report

This brochure summarizes recent progress made by Canada & the United States under the 1991 Air Quality Agreement and highlights key issues from the 20...

Have Patterns of Learning and Working Changed for Youth?

Final Report

The demand for a highly skilled labour force has become apparent in the Canadian economy. The objective of this study is to determine if the patterns ...

Profiles and Transitions of Groups at Risk of Social Exclusion

Lone Parents : Final Report

This study attempts to answer the following basic question: why do some lone parents escape low income or never enter spells of low income or social a...

The Effects of Computers on Workplace Stress, Job Security and Work Interest in Canada

Final Report

This paper uses data from the 2000 Statistics Canada General Social Survey to empirically investigate the effects of computers on several measures of ...

The Influence of Employee Involvement on Productivity

A Review of Research

Research indicates that greater employee involvement in workplace decisions has a positive impact on workplace productivity and firm performance gener...

Vulnerable Children

All children in Canada live with risk. They are susceptible to disease and injury, and as they grow and learn, they must face numerous challenges that...

Poverty and Child Well-being in Canada and the United States

Does it Matter how We Measure Poverty? : Final Report

This paper examines the possibility that conclusions about the association between poverty and children's well-being may be sensitive to choices made ...

Ten Hypotheses about Socioeconomic Gradients and Community Differences in Children's Development Outcomes

Final Report

The term "socio-economic gradient" is often used to describe the relationships between social outcomes & socio-economic status (SES) for individuals i...

EI Benefit Coverage of the Unemployed According to Work Pattern Prior to Unemployment

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Is History Destiny?

Resources, Transitions and Child Education Attainments in Canada : Final Report

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Employment Insurance and Social Assistance

Evidence on Program Interaction : Final Report

This paper proposes alternative formulation of the Social Assistance (SA) program in the standard labour-leisure model, a model that emphasises relati...

Working with Computers in Canada

An Empirical Analysis of Incidence, Frequency and Purpose : Final Report

As one in a series of studies on workplace computer usage, this paper uses the 14th cycle of the General Social Survey to empirically investigate the ...

A Glimpse of Child Hunger in Canada

"The purpose of this paper is to glimpse child poverty using a hunger lens. Hunger is a universla symbol of deprivation and is an unacceptable consequ...

What Influences Young Canadians to Pursue Post-secondary Studies?

Final Report

This paper uses the theory of human capital to model post-secondary education enrolment decisions. The model is based on the assumption that high scho...

Alcohol and Parenting : the Effects of Maternal Heavy Drinking

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Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-1994

A Cohort Analysis

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New Evidence on the Determinants of Training in Canadian Business Locations

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Policy Research Issues for Canadian Youth : an Overview of Human Capital in Rural and Urban Areas

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Readiness to Learn, Child Development and Learning Outcomes

Background

The Applied Research Branch (ARB) of Human Resources Development Canada is developing a program of research to study child development & learning, wit...

Neighbourhood Influences on Children's School Readiness

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Inventory of International Surveys on Children and Youth

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Canadian Occupational Projection System 1998 Macroeconomic Reference Scenario

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Canadian Occupational Projection System

1999 Macroeconomic Reference Scenario

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Family Background, Family Income, Maternal Work and Child Development

With an increasing proportion of women working in the paid labour force over the last 40 years, researchers have long been debating the effects of thi...

New Forms of Work Organization, Skills and Training

Final Report

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Understanding the Contribution of Multiple Risk Factors on Child Development at Various Ages

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Labour-market Responses to Volunteering : Regional Differences

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Mediating Factors in Child Development Outcomes

Children in Lone-parent Families

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Custody Arrangements and the Development of Emotional Or Behavioural Problems in Children

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A Study of Family, Child Care, and Well-being in Young Canadian Families

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The Impact of Inequality on Productivity Growth

A Primer

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An Econometric Analysis of the Self-employed in Canada : Some Preliminary Findings from the Survey of Self-employment

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The Changing Skill Structure of Employment in Canada

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Marital Transitions and Children's Adjustment : Understanding why Families Differ from One Another and why Children in the Same Family Show Different Patterns of Adjustment

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Fathers of Canadian Children and Youth : Measures of Paternal Characteristics and Influences on Child Development for the NLSCY

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A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada

This study reports on findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children & Youth for children who experienced hunger in 1996. It also compares...

Policy Research Issues for Canadian Youth

Transition Experiences of Young Women. April 2002

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Aggressive Girls in Canada

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