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Peer reviewedManser, Marilyn E.; Picot, Garnett – Monthly Labor Review, 1999
Self-employment rates have become higher in Canada than in the United States for some time. This tendency became more pronounced during the 1990s. Types of self-employment jobs differed in the two countries. (JOW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Job Development, Self Employment
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1980
This report examines selected public sector direct job creation schemes that were in operation in 1977-1978 in Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Based on responses to a questionnaire and discussions with officials in the five countries, the information presented in the report is not intended to evaluate any one…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Attainment
Turner, John A., Ed. – 2001
This document's seven papers examine compensation and employment risk in the United States and Canada. "Introduction" (John A. Turner) discusses compensation risk bearing in labor markets. "Wage and Job Risk for Workers" (John A. Turner) explores the problems of macroeconomic instability, job turnover, job and earnings…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Economic Change
