The Impact of Annual Wages on Interprovincial Mobility, Interprovincial Employment, and Job Vacancies

Winnie Chan and Rene Morissette

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

The degree to which workers move across geographic areas in response to emerging employment opportunities or negative labour demand shocks is a key element in the adjustment process of an economy, and its ability to reach a desired allocation of resources.

This study estimates the causal impact of real after-tax annual wages and salaries on the propensity of young men to migrate to Alberta or to accept jobs in that province while maintaining residence in their home province. To do so, it exploits the cross-provincial variation in earnings growth plausibly induced by increases in world oil prices that occurred during the 2000s.

Keywords: Labour; Labour mobility; turnover and work absences; Mobility and migration; Population and demography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-11
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