Deux thèses opposées sont formuluées sur la division sexuelle du travail domestique: une ‘théorie d'associés en adaptation mutuelle’ et une ‘théorie de travail subordonné.’ Des budgets de temps de semaine et de fin de semaine de plusieurs centaines de couples mariés du Grand Vancouver sont analysés de façon à permettre un choix entre les deux thèses. Les résultats de l'analyse sont compatibles avec la théorie du travail subordonné de la femme mariée. lis rendent la théorie d'associés en adaptation peu vraisemblable, vu que la conduite des maris demeure insensible à la cumulation des tâches domestiques causées par l'emploi de la femme, les heures prolongées de travail et les jeunes enfants. Two conflicting arguments on the sexual division of household labour are formulated: an ‘adaptive partnership theory’ and a ‘dependent labour theory.’ Workday and weekend time budgets of several hundred married couples in Greater Vancouver are analysed in order to choose the most adequate of the two arguments. The results of the analysis are consistent with the theory of married women's dependent labour. They make the theory of adaptive partnership implausible, as the conduct of husbands remains insensitive to the cumulation of demands on the household, of wives' employment, extended job hours, and young children.

This article reviews the worldwide implementation of tourism satellite accounts (TSA) at the national level to examine the experiences of countries with TSA projects and to identify the problems encountered by those implementing the new 2001 international standard. The study is based on results from responses to a metadata survey sent to national tourism administrations and central statistical offices in 62 countries. The results reveal that an increasing number of countries are developing a TSA following the approach of the UNWTO Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA-RMF). Nevertheless, a number of variations exist in the implementation of the TSARMF standard, including the extent of coverage of all forms of visitor consumption and tourism supply as well as differences in the interpretation and treatment of certain key concepts such as business travel, value added, and gross domestic product. These variations limit, for now, the comparability of TSA results between countries.

Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region outbound tourism will remain highly sensitive to current and future income and employment growth. As such, LAC outbound travel volumes and spending patterns will be adversely affected by the region’s worsening macroeconomic conditions and gloomy employment outlook. Weaker regional income and job growth will lead to lower consumer buying power and lower demand for such discretionary spending as travel. In addition, weaker LAC currencies will further discourage outbound travel flows, especially long-haul pleasure travel, in favor of cheaper and closer tourist destinations. The outbound flow of LAC travelers will most likely remain at a steady or possibly even at a slower pace instead of reaching rapid speeds in coming years. Competition to attract new LAC outbound tourists and encourage repeat travelers will get more difficult.

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This article presents the first multivariate analysis of the Human Resource Module (HRM) of the Canadian Tourism Satellite Account. Annual labour productivity is calculated for six tourism industries using the National Tourism Indicators and the HRM. The impact of various labour force characteristics on labour productivity is measured through the estimation of an econometric model. Labour productivity is found to increase with the capital labour ratio, the proportion of part-time hours, the share of hours supplied by women, the proportion of immigrant workers and the proportion of the most experienced workers.