The thesis focuses on the factors that account for variations of salaries and self-employed income among individuals---both born in Canada and immigrants---residing in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver in 2001 based on the Canadian Census data.
The research addresses the influence of place of birth and linguistic profile on income. Other independent variables such as age, sex, schooling and occupation are included in the analysis.
The ultimate goal of the study is to highlight income differences among paid and self-employed workers (both incorporated and unincorporated) as well as to demonstrate that self-employment status can improve the financial performance of an individual.
Descriptive and general linear model types of analysis are employed. Both types of analysis demonstrate significant differences in income with respect to the different factors under study. My hypotheses addressing income differences among paid and self-employed workers and regarding the increased beneficial role of self-employment for certain groups of individuals are partially or generally confirmed.
The regression models for all three classes of worker reveal low R 2 values. Nevertheless, the contrast analysis in the regression models, as well as the descriptive analysis, demonstrates statistically significant differences between the mean income values of the different categories of variables and reference categories. This suggests that if the chosen variables explain just the main fluctuations in income variations and more precise results would require more details on individuals of the research approaches. The analysis is, however, meaningful at the level of major trends and influence of selected variables on income variations.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/27156 |
Date | January 2006 |
Creators | Mikadze, Vladimir |
Publisher | University of Ottawa (Canada) |
Source Sets | Université d’Ottawa |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis |
Format | 171 p. |
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