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Employment & Self-Reliance for First Nation Canadians: Where?

Employment & Self-Reliance for First Nation Canadians: Where?. Comments by: Lars Osberg Economics Department Dalhousie University Canadian Economic Association June 6, 2008. CSDs with small populations by relation to an urban centre. Location & Disadvantage -.

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Employment & Self-Reliance for First Nation Canadians: Where?

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  1. Employment & Self-Reliance for First Nation Canadians:Where? Comments by: Lars Osberg Economics Department Dalhousie University Canadian Economic Association June 6, 2008

  2. CSDs with small populations by relation to an urban centre

  3. Location & Disadvantage -

  4. Linear Earnings Functions – separability in Education & Location assumed

  5. Decomposition of Earnings Differential - assumes Demand Side

  6. What jobs can university graduates get in isolated rural areas ? • NOT just a problem for Aboriginal people • Dominates Atlantic Canada’s development debates • Health care / education / social work ? • Driven by population base • Public Sector • “Community Economic Development” • Limited success in Atlantic Canada • Much less isolated, for most part

  7. Are all rural communities comparable? • “Non-First Nation communities far away from cities generally do have an economic reason for their existence: the proximity of some exploitable natural resource. If their economic base fades, another economic base is found or people move away. First Nation communities were not created on this basis, and moving to other places where jobs are available is a great challenge for their residents.” Waslander (2008:14)

  8. Does Education imply Urbanization ??Does Urbanization increase Assimilation ?? • Waslander & Beavon – share community focus • Sharpe/Arsenault/Lapointe – individual characteristics & individual rewards • If education implies urbanization: • Implications for “left-behinds” & rural communities ? • Aboriginal heritage / identity of migrants ?

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