A growing trend toward knowledge work in Canada

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 827-844

  Lavoie, Marie ^a   Roy, Richard ^b   Therrien, Pierre ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Applied Research Branch   (Canada)

^c INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Employment trends; Knowledge occupations; Knowledge based economy; Productivity growth; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867967514     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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