Labour market segmentation in Fort McMurray, Alberta

• Author / Creator

  Krahn, H.

• Doctoral thesis. Addresses three questions: 1. Has the development of the Athabasca oil sands provided improved employment opportunities for migrants to Ft. McMurray? 2. Have these opportunities been equally distributed among the various stratas of society? 3. What are the attitudinal outcomes of participation in the local labour market? // Alberta Environment, Research Management Division provided a research grant to study labour market segmentation and the survey data used in this study were collected in a study funded by AOSERP project

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Human ecology--Alberta--Fort McMurray
  • Labor economics--Alberta--Fort McMurray
  • Labor supply--Alberta--Fort McMurray
  • Fort McMurray (Alta.)
  • Employment (Economic theory)
  • Athabasca Tar Sands (Alta.)

• Graduation date

  1983

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3M61C197

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.