REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS IN A PERIOD OF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CANADIAN CASE
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes
- Vol. 38 (1) , 2-17
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0064.1994.tb01513.x
Abstract
A new geography has been produced in Canada's regional labour markets by the recent phase of economic transformation. This transformation is associated with the selective move from mass production to various forms of flexible production, and by the progressive integration of Canada into the global economy. This article identifies five key characteristics that have been collectively shaped by this economic transformation. These are: the segmentation of labour markets; their bifurcation with more good and bad jobs and fewer intermediate jobs; their new forms of cyclicality; their effects on labour supply changes; and the special case of labour markets in single‐industry resource communities. In toto they form part of a distinctive Canadian regime of accumulation association with the new staple economy.Actuellement suite aux mutations économiques, une nouvelle géographie des marchés du travail au Canada se met en place. Les mutations sont associées au changement de la fabrication en série à diverses formules de production plus flexibles et par I'intégration progressive du Canada dans I'économie mondiale. Cet article identifie cinq caractéristiques principales qui ont été façonnées par la transformation économique à savoir la segmentation du travail; leur division avec de bons et de mauvais emplois et la diminution des emplois intermédiaires; leurs nouvelles formes de périodicité; leurs effets sur le changement dans I'offre des emplois, et le cas spécial des marchés du travail dans les villes mono‐industrielles specialisées dans la production des ressources. Dans I'ensemble ces traits font partie d'un régime d'accumulation qui est nettement canadien et qui s'associe avec la nouvelle économie des denrées.This publication has 58 references indexed in Scilit:
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