Examples of possible term paper topics

1.  Labour force participation rate trends, young males.
2.  Labour force participation rate trends, older males
3.  Labour force participation rate trends, females of
    child-bearing age.
4.  The added-discouraged worker effect in Canada.
5.  The workweek decline - retrospect and prospect.
6.  The role of education and the Marxian critique of
    human capital theory.
7.  Economics of salaries in professional sports.
8.  Trends in the composition of total employee
    compensation.
9.  The effects of immigration on the labour maraket for
    occupation X.
10. Interprovincial mobility in Canada, does it reduce
    regional wage differentials?
11. Are lifetime jobs a thing of the past?
12. Is the Phillip's curve in Canada dead?
13. The Todaro model as a realistic description of
    developing economy labour markets.
14. Profit sharing as the solution to everything.
15. The effectiveness of wage controls.
16. What is the "natural" rate of unemployment?
17. Has NAFTA led to increased Canadian unemployment?
18. Long-term unemployment as a policy issue.
19. Inequality in the earnings distribution - are the
    rich getting richer?
20. The role of compensating differentials in the
    Canadian wage structure.
21. Why do married men earn more money than single men?
22. Wage differentials by firm size.
23. The impact of third world child labour on Canadian
    labour markets.
24. Job search theory and how jobs are actually found.
25. Wage subsidy programs as a cure for unemployment.
26. The government as "employer of last resort" as a
    cure for unemployment.
27. The economic impact of the lack of regional wage
    differentials in Federal government employment.
28. The impact of ethnicity and religion on earnings.
29. The determinants of executive compensation.
30. The effects of provinical licensing on the free
    movement of labour in Canada.

Note:  I have generally excluded topics which are on the
course outline, assuming that you can find topics in these
areas by looking at the readings.  It is certainly
feasible to write papers on topics such as minimum wages,
pensions, unemployment insurance, etc.