Comparing the Labour Market Performance of Workers between BC and Manitoba from 20XX to 20XX?
You should focus on
• At least 10 years data
• Overall populations
• One or two labour market outcomes from
§ Unemployment rate
§ Labour force participation rate
§ Personal employment income
• Any age group(s)
• Any Educational Level (if there is)
Using data from CANSIM:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/type/data
Two Suggested Data:
Table 14-10-0019-01 “Labour force characteristics by educational attainment,
monthly, unadjusted for seasonality”
Table 11-10-0239-01, “Income of individuals by age group, sex and income
source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas”
Requirements
1) Title page, with the research topic,
2) Main body include
• introduction
• literature review
• data description and analysis
• conclusion
3) Include a reference section (APA 7 Format) in the end of your essay
4) Include at least 1 chart/figure and at least 1 descriptive table in the
essay
5) Minimum 4 pages and Maximum 6 pages (double space) for main
contents, excluding title page, charts, tables, and reference
Main Body of your paper:
1. Include a short introductory paragraph in which you explain your
purpose
2. Write a short literature review and summarize the previous findings
relate to your selected research question.
3. Based on the summarized data you downloaded from CANSIM, make
your own chart and your table and describe them. Develop your
argument in a logical fashion and use one paragraph for each main
point. Choose a small number of really noticeable differences in levels or
trends and describe these, or focus on a specific time points (e.g. 2020-
2021 during Covid19 pandemic)
4. A short conclusion with the discussion of your findings and future
questions.
Reference
Make specific reference to your actual numbers (don’t just say life expectancy
has ‘gone up’ or ‘is higher.’
• Look for major patterns (don’t discuss every little ‘up and down’ you see).
• Include a reference (suggest APA style) or bibliography (suggest Chicago style)
which includes your data source as well as any other documents you may have
used.
• If you use an idea from another source, even if you re-write in your own
words, you must include a parenthetic reference (e.g., Hu, 2021).
• If you use the actual words from another source, you must indent and single
space these words, and cite the author, date and page number from which
you have taken the words
Making your own Chart and Table :
• Make your own chart (don’t just use what you download from Statistics
Canada).
• Give each chart a number (e.g., Figure 1) and a clear title (e.g., Life
Expectancy at Birth in Montreal compared to Nunavut, and refer to each
chart (e.g., Figure 1) as you discuss its in your content.
• Units for all variables should be noted (e.g., C$).
• Indicate the data source at the bottom of the table.
