CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH FORUM (CERF)
10TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

With the support of
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC),
Western Research Network on Education and Training (WRNET),
Policy Research Initiative (PRI), and the
Social Research Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)

McGill University
Thursday May 31, 2001

8:30-10:00 Familes, Policy and Labour Markets
Chair: Thomas F Crossley (York University)

Michael Baker (University of Toronto)
The Married Widow: Marriage Penalties Do Matter
Discussant: Frances Woolley (Carleton University)

Miles Corak (Statistics Canada)
Labour Market Networks, Family Background and the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance
Discussant: Ross Finnie (Statistics Canada / Queen’s University)

Chris Worswick (Carleton University)
School Performance of Children of Immigrants
Discussant: Lori Curtis (Dalhousie)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Employment Income, Policy and Labour Markets

Chair: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)

Garnett Picot and Rene Morrissette (Statistics Canada)
Low-Income Intensity During the 1990s: The Role of Economic Growth, Earnings and Social Transfers
Discussant: Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University)

Kevin Lang (Boston University and MIT)
Using the Incidence of the Social Security Tax to Test Competing Models of Wage Determination
Discussant: Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)

David Green (University of British Columbia)
A Cohort Analysis of Wages
Discussant: Jeff Smith (University of Western Ontario)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Education and Labour Market Outcomes

Chair: Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)

Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada)
Income Prospects of British Columbia University Graduates

Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) and
Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
The Role of Credentials in the Canadian Labour Market

David Green (University of British Columbia),
Alec McBeath and Bill Warburton (British Columbia Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security)
The Impact of Restricting Access to Income Assistance on School Retention
 
Discussants: Kevin Lang (Boston University and MIT)
Daniel Parent (McGill University)

2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Learning Accounts And Related Mechanisms For Financing Lifelong Learning

Chair: Allen Zeesman (Human Resources Development Canada)

Jean-Pierre Voyer (Social Research Demonstration Corporation)
Learn$ave: A National Demonstration Project of Individual Development Accounts for Learning

Kathleen Johnson (Social Research Demonstration Project), and 
Claude Montmarquette (CIRANO) 
Will the Working Poor Invest in Education and Training?  Results of a Laboratory Experiment

Thomas F. Crossley (York University)
Credit Constraints and Training
 
Discussants: Gilles Bérubé (Human Resources Development Canada)
François Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal)