00000nam##2200000za#4500 9.615368 CaOODSP 20200706133945 ta 150406|2000||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng|d 0-660-18313-7 1200-5223 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- CS11-0019/141E The transition to work for Canadian university graduates : time to first job 1982-1990 / by Julian Betts, Christopher Ferrall and Ross Finnie. Ottawa - Ontario : Statistics Canada. 2000. 21p. : figs., references, tables ; 28 cm. Research paper series 1200-5223 No. 141 "Understanding this phase of labour market careers is important for several reasons. First, university education is a long and costly investment. Changes in the time it takes to gain steady employment afterwards have immediate effects on the returns to education and may therefore have long-term consequences for skill accumulation. Second, since young people have more fluid employment statuses, their experiences can also amplify larger trends affecting all workers... Finally, since completion of a university degree appears to fundamentally alter a person's labour market opportunities, unemployment rates and other aggregate statistics that average over new and older graduates do not adequately convey the post-graduation experience. Duration analysis is therefore particularly useful for understanding the school-to-work transition."--Introduction. Understanding this phase of labour market careers is important for several reasons. First, university education is a long and costly investment. Changes in the time it takes to gain steady employment afterwards have immediate effects on the returns to education and may therefore have long-term consequences for skill accumulation. Second, since young people have more fluid employment statuses, their experiences can also amplify larger trends affecting all workers... Finally, since completion of a university degree appears to fundamentally alter a person's labour market opportunities, unemployment rates and other aggregate statistics that average over new and older graduates do not adequately convey the post-graduation experience. Duration analysis is therefore particularly useful for understanding the school-to-work transition.--Introduction Softcover 01-01 2001-01-05 Statistics Canada. Analytical Studies Branch. Finnie, Ross Betts, Julian Ferrall, Christopher Passage des études au travail chez les diplômés des universités canadiennes : (CaOODSP)9.625465 The transition to work for Canadian university graduates : (CaOODSP)9.574657 Research paper series, 1200-5223 No. 141 (CaOODSP)9.514463