Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to University Education in Canada

Getting a university degree offers substantial financial returns, for women more so than men and for undergraduate degrees more so than advanced degrees. This report finds that high returns to education signal high labour demand in particular fields relative to supply, information which is helpful for policymakers who distribute funds and for students who must choose their specialty.

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Year of publication:	2009-05
Authors:	Moussaly-Sergieh, Karim ; Vaillancourt, Francois
Institutions:	C. D. Howe Institute
Subject:	social policy \| university postsecondary education \| internal rate of return

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	e-briefs.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, May 2009 Number 79 7 pages
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; I22 - Educational Finance ; H52 - Government Expenditures and Education ; H75 - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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