The transition to work for Canadian university graduates : time to first job 1982-1990 / by Julian Betts, Christopher Ferrall and Ross Finnie. : CS11-0019/141E
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
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| Department/Agency | Statistics Canada. Analytical Studies Branch. |
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| Title | The transition to work for Canadian university graduates : time to first job 1982-1990 / by Julian Betts, Christopher Ferrall and Ross Finnie. |
| Series title | Research paper series1200-5223No. 141 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | "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. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Statistics Canada. 2000. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | 21p. : figs., references, tables ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-660-18313-7 |
| ISSN | 1200-5223 |
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