Statistics Canada: Socio-Economic Workshop - Leading-Edge Business Micro Data and Updates on Access
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30 Welcome and opening remarks - Isabelle Amano, Analytical Studies Branch, Statistics Canada
8:40 Session #1 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics: Lessons Learned from Matched Employer-Employee Data in the United States, Erika McEntarfer, U.S. Census Bureau (Moderator, Isabelle Amano, Statistics Canada)
9:30 Session #2: Update on the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research (Moderator: Danny Leung, Statistics Canada)
- Access to Business Microdata in the Research Data Centres, Lydia Couture, Economic Analysis, Statistics Canada
- Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database, Huju Liu, Economic Analysis, Statistics Canada
10:45 Session #3: Economic Research Using Novel Business Microdata (Moderator: Mike Veall, McMaster University)
- How long before Canadian entrepreneurs hire their first worker?, Lyming Huang, ISED
- Impact of Payroll Taxes: Evidence from administrative Canadian employer-employee data, Benoit Dostie, HEC Montréal
- Retailers, Importing and Exchange Rate Dynamics: Firm-level Evidence from Canada, Alex Chernoff, Bank of Canada
1:00 Session #4: Recent and Upcoming Microdata Releases 1 (Moderator: Lydia Couture, Statistics Canada)
- CPI Microdata Project, Ifrim Dragos, Consumer Prices, Statistics Canada
- Retail and Service Industry Data Programs: Opportunities for conducting economic analysis, Matt Briggs, Retail and Service Industries, Statistics Canada
- Producer Prices Division (PPD): Available data sources, Klaus Kostenbauer, Producer Prices, Statistics Canada
- An overview of Wholesale and Manufacturing Data, Antoine Rose, Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade, Statistics Canada
- Farm level data for research analysis, Martin Beaulieu, Agriculture, Statistics Canada
2:30 Session #5: Recent and Upcoming Microdata Releases 2 (Moderator: Wulong Gu, Statistics Canada)
- Industrial Organization and Finance Division programs overview, Claire Schaffter, Industrial Organization and Finance Division, Statistics Canada
- Linkages, explorations and special undertakings: updates from the Centre for Special Business Projects, Alessandro Alasia, Centre for Special Business Projects, Statistics Canada