Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are some recent reports from Statistics Canada related to labour and education.
Canadian postsecondary enrolments and graduates, 2017/2018
Student enrolment at Canadian public universities and colleges rose for the third consecutive academic year in 2017/2018, largely driven by higher enrolments by international students, particularly from China and India. Over 2.1 million students enrolled in Canadian public universities and colleges in the 2017/2018 academic year, up 1.9% from the previous year. This growth was largely attributable to an increase of 15.6% in international student enrolments in universities and colleges, while enrolments by Canadian students edged up 0.2%.
Canadian Income Survey, 2018
The median after-tax income of Canadian families and unattached individuals was $61,400 in 2018, virtually unchanged from 2017. For non-senior families, where the highest income earner was under 65 years of age, the median after-tax income was $91,600 in 2018, up $2,300 from 2017. Within this group, couples with children saw their median after-tax income increase by $2,700 to $101,900 in 2018.
Labour Force Survey, January 2020
In January, employment gains were observed in Quebec, Manitoba, and New Brunswick. Fewer people were employed in Alberta, while there was little change in the other provinces. There were more people working in manufacturing, construction and agriculture. At the same time, employment declined in health care and social assistance.
Representation of women on boards of directors, 2017
The dataset for the reference year 2017 contained 10,108 corporations and 31,266 directors. Among the 31,266 director seats, 18.1% were held by women, a slight increase from 2016 when 17.8% of the 30,486 directors were women. The majority of boards included in the analysis were composed entirely of men in both 2016 (61.7%) and 2017 (61.2%).
Are refugees more likely to leave initial destinations than economic immigrants?
Previous research has suggested that when resettlement programs place refugees in smaller cities, refugees quickly leave their initial destination. However, results from a new study released today show that, even though many resettled refugees do not get to choose where they settle in Canada, they are not more likely than economic immigrants to leave their initial city of settlement.
Business sector intangible capital and sources of labour productivity growth in Canada
Labour productivity growth slowed in Canada after 2000, despite the seemingly accelerating pace of technological change. A possible explanation for the apparent disconnect is the comprehensiveness of the current definition of intangible capital. After taking into account assets that are not normally defined as intangible capital according to conventional national accounting standards, the contribution of intangible capital to average annual labour productivity growth declined from 0.37 percentage points in the 1976-to-2000 period to 0.23 percentage points in the 2000-to-2016 period.
Variations in employment earnings within and between firms
While the productivity gap between the top 10% of firms in the productivity distribution and other firms in the Canadian economy has increased since 2000, it has not resulted in a widening of the employment earnings distribution. The employment earnings gap between workers in the top and bottom ends of the earnings distribution has actually declined over the same time period.
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