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Have permanent layoff rates increased in Canada? (Analytical
      Studies Branch research paper series)

      Abstract:

      This paper examines whether permanent layoff rates have increased in
Canada between the 1980s and the 1990s,
      using data from the Longitudinal Worker File - a 10% random sample of
all Canadian employees.

        Division responsible: Analytical Studies Branch

      Table of contents:

      I. Introduction
      II. Recent studies on job stability and job loss
      III. Data and concepts
      IV. Permanent layoffs in Canada: 1983 to 1999
      IV.1 Context
      IV.2 Sample selection
      IV.3 Permanent layoff rates by worker and firm characteristics
      IV.4 Robustness checks: Taking into account the misreporting of end
of contracts and mass layoffs
      V. Multivariate analysis
      V.1 Risk of layoff by age and gender
      V.2 Risk of layoff by industry, firm size and earnings
      VI. Hiring rates, permanent quit rates and job stability
      VII. Conclusion
      I. T4 supplementary forms
      II. Changes to UI/EI and ROEs
      III. Constructing a time series of permanent layoff rates
      IV. Accounting for unsuccessful matches between ROE records and T4
records/LEAP
      V. Using hours-weighted employment to calculate permanent layoff
rates
      References

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