Another sign of LM tightness is declined jobless duration. Here is average months of joblessness in 2022 overall and by reason for leaving the job. Except for worker in contract/casual jobs, jobless duration is now **lower** than in the 2 years pre-pandemic. #cdnecon

The composition of temporary jobs has changed in the past 25 years away from seasonal jobs and towards contract jobs. Graph based on LFS data. #cdnecon

📣Join Grant & James Doiron University of Alberta on July 19 to find out how Data Management Plans are important for funding proposals: ow.ly/uYIm50JGCEo

Save the date! The CRDCN 2023 Conference returns in-person this Nov. 21-23 in Hamilton, Ontario! Early bird registration will be opening soon, stay tuned! ow.ly/qKa150NgPbq McMaster University

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🚨Attention!🚨 Ahead of our annual conference, CRDCN 2023, we are inviting abstracts for papers &/or posters! Deadline for abstracts is June 15, click the link to learn more & apply: ow.ly/s3Lc50NUl27 Statistics Canada CIQSS QICSS Canadian Economics Association Canadian Women Economists Committee UNB RDC UBCORDC

Join SAS Canada and University of Waterloo on May 24, for the second session of their FREE online workshop series for students! This session covers SAS Studio and Open Source Integration. Learn more: ow.ly/kT0Q50O0OXn

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Hello Ontario researchers! Would you like to have YOUR research featured at our CRDCN 2023 annual conference? Submit an abstract for a paper and/or poster at the following link by June 15! ow.ly/KetT50OEvfG McMaster Social Sciences McMaster Economics @researchuoft School of Cities U of T Public Health

DATASET ANNOUNCEMENT! Attention CRDCN researchers, the Statistics Canada Census of Population (2021) files are now available in Research Data Centres! To learn more, visit our website: ow.ly/Bq6150OJ8Pe CIQSS QICSS UNB RDC CarletonRDC CDN Productivity / productivité UBCORDC Leddy Library

Topics including gender variations in social mobility and intergenerational persistence of social assistance will be presented by @XavierStDenis (Centre Urbanisation Culture Société de l’INRS), Abdie Kazemipur (U Calgary), Jinette Comeau (King's at Western) and Brad Bass & Maxime Drolet (Employment and Social Development Canada).

If you teach introductory economics, follow this account, as it regularly makes very silly economic claims that would make great classroom examples. Here: taxes drive prices up and profits are increasing in prices, therefore, taxes increase profits.

On Nov. 30, the CRDCN-CPP webinar will cover the topics of child penalties and addressing social issues with administrative data. Join Marie Connolly and William P. Warburton at 1 p.m. to hear about their research: ow.ly/P4HQ50Q64js Statistics Canada UTP Journals

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The Lucas critique, but for polls.

We are becoming extremely anti-social - working from home - watching videos alone - staying single - ordering meals for 1. Absolutely fantastic article by Derek Thompson The Atlantic One addition: it’s not just the US; much of the world is becoming anti-social 🌏