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What Is Happening in the Youth Labour Market in Canada?
Author(s) -
Paul Beaudry,
Thomas Lemieux,
Daniel Parent
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
canadian public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1911-9917
pISSN - 0317-0861
DOI - 10.2307/3552503
Subject(s) - happening , business , labour economics , political science , economics , history , art history , performance art
This paper analyzes the evolution of the labour market participation rate of men and women age 15 to 24 from 1976 to 1998. The0501n question being asked is why youth participation rates fell precipitously during the 1990s? We look at two dimensions of this decline: changes in the participation rate of youth who are not attending school (non-student participation rate) and changes in the employment rate of students. We find that the decline in the non-student participation rate is a consequence of two factors: (1) the overall bad state of the labour market in Canada during the 1990s, and (2) the large increase in school enrollment rates induced by factors other than the state of the labour market. One important finding is that demographic changes (baby boom vs baby bust) is a key explanation behind the steep increase in enrollment rates during the 1980s and 1990s. The only component of youth participation rates which seems to be a problem specific to the 1990s is the sharp drop in employment rates of students age 15 to 19. Cette etude vise a analyser l'evolution du taux de participation des jeunes Canadiens âges de 15 a 24 ans au cours de la periode allant de 1976 a 1998. Plus precisement, nous cherchons a comprendre pourquoi le taux de participation des jeunes a chute au cours des annees 90. Pour ce faire, nous examinons les changements dans le taux de participation des jeunes qui ne frequentent pas l'ecole ainsi que les changements dans le taux d'emploi des etudiants. Les resultats indiquent que la baisse du taux de participation des jeunes decoule de deux facteurs : (1) les mauvaises conditions globales du marche du travail au Canada durant les annees 90, et (2) l'augmentation substantielle de la frequentation scolaire causee par des facteurs autres que l'effet induit par les conditions du marche du travail. Un resultat important est que les changements demographiques constituent un facteur-cle pouvant expliquer l'accroissement important des taux de frequentation scolaire au cours des annees 80 et 90. La seule composante pouvant expliquer la chute des taux de participation qui soit specifique aux annees 90 est la forte baisse des taux d'emploi des etudiants âges de 15 a 19 ans.

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