Mario Lefebvre - Latest

• Les marchés du travail régionaux : une comparaison entre le Canada et les États-Unis

  Staff Working Paper 1997-17 Mario Lefebvre

  The purpose of this study is to compare the behaviour of regional labour markets in Canada and the United States. The study shows that the degree of persistence of unemployment is significantly higher in the provinces of Canada than it is in the various American regions.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Labour markets, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): E, E2, E24

• The Commodity-Price Cycle and Regional Economic Performance in Canada

  Staff Working Paper 1996-12 Mario Lefebvre, Stephen S. Poloz

  This paper attempts to provide one interpretation of the broad regional economic history of Canada since the early 1970s. As the title of the paper suggests, we believe that, to a significant degree, regional diversity in economic performance reflects movements in Canada's terms of trade, which very frequently are tied to developments in world commodity markets.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32

• Les provinces canadiennes et la convergence : une évaluation empirique

  Staff Working Paper 1994-10 Mario Lefebvre

  This paper examines whether the hypothesis of economic convergence holds for the Canadian provinces. Using data on real gross domestic product per capita and on factor productivity from 1966 to 1992, the paper shows, using two different methods, that the convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected. This evidence supports the findings of other authors who have studied convergence among Canadian provinces.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Recent economic and financial developments