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An Aging Workforce and the Future Labour Market in Canada

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  • Susan A. McDaniel
  • Lloyd L. Wong
  • Bonnie Watt

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The aging workforce poses perplexing policy challenges, even in Canada, which is demographically young among comparable countries. We ask what the evidence shows about whether there are, or will be, labour or skills shortages as the workforce ages. Highlighting the challenges of measuring labour/skills shortages, we explore peer-reviewed research in the 2000-2013 period. No evidence is found of a national labour shortage in the foreseeable future. In fact, the workforce is predicted to grow for the coming two decades with less shrinkage than in the past as a result of retirements. Regional and occupational shortages occur at times, as well as underutilized skills.

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  • Susan A. McDaniel & Lloyd L. Wong & Bonnie Watt, 2015. "An Aging Workforce and the Future Labour Market in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 41(2), pages 97-108, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:41:y:2015:i:2:p:97-108
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2014-057
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    1. Fang, Tony & Xiao, Na & Zhu, Jane & Hartley, John, 2022. "Employer Attitudes and the Hiring of Immigrants and International Students: Evidence from a Survey of Employers in Canada," IZA Discussion Papers 15226, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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