The Daily Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Press Release
Building permits, September 2018
Canadian municipalities issued $8.1 billion worth of building permits in September, up 0.4% from August. The national increase was driven by higher construction intentions in Quebec.
The effect of government transfer programs on low-income rates: A gender-based analysis, 1995 to 2016
In 2016, income supports for seniors lifted about 40% of senior unattached women out of low income, while child benefit programs lifted about 15% of female lone-parent families out of low income.
Who works part time and why?, 2017
Some people choose to work part time by personal preference, or to accommodate other priorities such as caring for children and attending school. Others work part time because full-time work is not available, often due to economic conditions. The article “Who works part time and why?” released today in the Labour Statistics at a Glance series, uses data from the Labour Force Survey to examine which groups of workers were more likely to be working part time in 2017, and the reasons they gave for doing so.
Study: Long-run Productivity Dispersion in Canadian Manufacturing
Labour productivity growth slowed in Canada and in many developed countries over the 2000s. A striking, yet lesser known feature of this slowdown in a number of Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development countries including Canada was that a group of firms actually exhibited very strong productivity growth. Moreover, the gap in labour productivity growth between the most productive and the least productive firms widened over this period. This growing dispersion in labour productivity has been linked to rapid technological advancements that have favoured the growth of only those firms that can first unlock the potential of these new technologies.
Households and the Environment: Radon awareness and testing, 2017
Radon is a naturally-occurring colourless, odourless, tasteless gas that tends to accumulate in basements and crawlspaces. After smoking, it is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in Canada. In 2017, 49% of Canadian households reported they had heard of radon, down from 55% in 2015. Of these, 63% were able to identify the correct description of radon when asked to pick from a list of possibilities, up from 59% in 2015, while 28% chose an incorrect description, down from 31% in 2015. The remainder had only heard of the term.
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Economic Insights: “Long-run Productivity Dispersion in Canadian Manufacturing”
Catalogue number Catalogue number11-626-X2018084, (HTML | PDF)
Labour Statistics at a Glance: “Who works part time and why?”, 2017
Catalogue number Catalogue number71-222-X2018002, (HTML | PDF)
Income Research Paper Series: “The effect of government transfer programs on low-income rates: a gender-based analysis, 1995 to 2016”
Catalogue number Catalogue number75F0002M2018003, (HTML | PDF)
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