From Unemployment to Sustainable Livelihoods in Ottawa's Technology Sector (Working Paper 44)
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Authors
Wong, Ging
Date
2007-06
Type
working paper
Language
en
Keyword
Unemployment , Sustainable Livelihoods , Ottawa , Technology Sector
Alternative Title
Abstract
Since submission of the draft report to the OECD‐LEED Program on 30 June 2007, a unique
seven‐years retrospective study of the unemployed high technology workers was released by
Statistics Canada.1 Drawing upon Statistics Canada’s confidential Longitudinal Worker File –
itself constructed from four administrative data sources that linked Records of Employment and
tax filer information by the Social Insurance Number and firm‐level data by a company identifier
– this study was able to identify and trace the re‐employment of those permanently laid off in
the high‐tech industry by location. The findings are stunning.