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The article focuses on the register of worker booklets kept in Brest from Year XII (1803-1804) to 1826, which documented personal and professional details of workers as a means of control. Topics include the origins and legal requirements of these booklets, the role of the register in monitoring the labor force, and the broader social and political context of worker management during the Napoleonic era.

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Given an ageing population and a persistent low birth rate, several industrialized countries have chosen to attract immigrant labour, as evidenced in a recent report by OECD (2012). However, the integration of immigrants in the labour market poses several challenges. Thus, in Quebec, compared to natives, immigrants participate less often in the labour market and tend to occupy lower quality jobs. This study aims to highlight the last finding by using two databases largely neglected in the analysis of the integration of immigrants: The Labour Force Survey (LFS) and a survey of the conditions of work, employment, health and work security in Quebec (EQCOTESST). In addition to examining the usual indicators such as the participation rate, the employment rate and the unemployment rate, this study is interested in unique dimensions which have never been taken into consideration, such as overqualification, job quality as well as physical and psychological conditions of work. As expected, the results confirm that the economic performance of Quebec immigrants is lower than that of the native-born Quebecers. In addition, there is a greater presence of immigrants in low quality jobs, but a smaller presence in high quality jobs, while the reverse is true for native workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Since the mid-twentieth century, France's overseas départements (DOM) have seen intense migration, with criss-crossing flows of DOM native-borns leaving and returning, alongside migrants from France and other countries. Practically all of the DOM native-borns who emigrate - mainly towards metropolitan France - are working-age adults who leave their home for work or educational purposes. This study measures the scale of these migration flows and describes their complexity, focusing on the selection mechanisms at play among leavers and returners, notably in terms of educational level. We also examine the conditions of integration of DOM native-borns in their place of destination and assess the benefits of migration for those who return, the youngest especially (ages 18-34), by comparison with their elders (ages 35-64), the aim being to shed light on the changes which, from one age group to another, have marked this powerful and long-standing migration tradition. The original findings of the Migrations, Family and Ageing survey (MFV), and of the Trajectories and Origins survey (TeO), associated with census data from the DOMs and metropolitan France, provide scope for detailed analysis of the population of DOM native-borns, whatever their place of residence, and for a better understanding of the dynamics involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese immigration has emerged in Romania since the collapse of Communism. Still under researched, these new flows first concerned a population of traders; other categories of migrants came later. Their migration will be analysed though its embeddedness in the social, economic, political and institutional environment in Romania. The Chinese traders - who soon attracted attention from authorities and the national media - are concentrated in Bucarest. There they benefit from an opportunity-structure which sustained their commercial activities. They play an important role on the open air markets of the capital and take part to the ethnicization process that is nowadays occurring in the economy and the labour market. Only part of them are however economically successful. Furthermore, changes in Romania's immigration policy have increased disparities within the Chinese population by favouring a few important businessmen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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During the 1990s, the Czech Republic became a land of immigration and transit. Regulating the flow of immigrants and integrating them have become major issues. The principal characteristics of immigration to the Czech Republic are described. Given current population trends - a negative balance and the increasingly top-heavy age pyramid - immigration will not offset losses. Immigrants, legal as well as illegal, play an important role in the Czech labor market. The results of a survey of immigrants sheds light on the conditions and processes underlying this economic immigration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 2001-2004 we conducted 22 interviews with immigrants from North Africa in Montreal and Sherbrooke. The objective was to access their representations of the problems they experience in integrating the labor market in both cities. Some interviews (15) were also conducted with persons working with immigrants looking for a job. The objective is to link individual and collective trajectories by putting the emphasis on the social networks held by these immigrants. Results show that the presence of a community of origin in a migratory context cannot guarantee access to a viable social network providing access to information and jobs. In that sense institutional supports and programs may favor an increase of social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Several graphs and tables are presented depicting statistics on the labour market in Canada, including adult employment from 2004-2008, labour force statistics from 2006-2007, and employment, payrolls and hours by industry in the same period..

The article presents several graphs and tables related to the labor market in Canada including labor force statistics, employment, payrolls, hours by industry and miscellaneous labor statistics.

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Several charts are presented that depict the status of the labor markets in Canada from 2003 to 2007 including labor force statistics, income and employment, and average hourly earnings and inflation.

Several charts are presented that describe the recent labor force statistics and the labor income, employment and earnings by industry in Canada.

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Discusses the economic factors concerning the price level and the labor market. Role of the information mechanism in determining the price level; Importance of the remuneration conciliation in providing details to the labor market; Differentiation between the labor market and other industrial sectors.

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This study presents the results of a comparison between perceptions related to 'the difficulties of integrating the labour market in Quebec and Canada, as measured in Statistics Canada and Employment and Immigration Canada's Labour Market Activity Survey (1986-1987), and the difficulties actually experienced, estimated by the objective reasons for quitting a job. It then presents a follow-up of the iteration of sub-groups who have perceived such integration difficulties. The core question consists in verifying the foundations of a widespread opinion according to which individuals are more and more responsible for their probability of being employed, mainly due to their lack of instruction or experience. This study shows that some sub-groups overestimate the weight of their individual responsibility in facing the probability of being employed, as opposed to the responsibility linked with the structural factors. As the follow-up of sub-groups' iteration also shows, the youth likely to enter the labour market, as well as the poorly and moderately schooled sub-groups, experience the most difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WHO IS AN ORGANIZED worker today in Québec? After a review of the main changes in the labour market since 1975 in three main areas: feminization, precarisation and tertiarisation, this article portrays the internal characteristics of the organized population. The authors then go on to compare organized and unorganized workers with the potential labour force regarding their age, sex, education, work status and average wage. They conclude that the organized population is relatively older, that men are over-represented, that it enjoys better job security, relatively high wages, and sectorial concentration. Finally, the article attempts to throw some light on the impact of new demographic parameters on the difficult strategic repositioning being crystalised in the Québec labour movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Discusses the impact of the sixtieth anniversary of the first generation of baby boom on labor supply in France. Dangers of manpower shortage due to the number of outgoing becoming then higher than the number of entering on the labor market; Benefits to the French government of this so-called manpower shortage; Disadvantages to businesses due to scarceness of work force; Reference to the demographic projections of the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies; Account of the challenge of job creation before the French government; Suggestions to the government for much-needed policy formulation.