This study estimates the average multivalued treatment effects (ATET), of preschool attendance measured in years, on students' international reading, math and science test z-scores in Grade 4. The causal treatment effects come from multiple-years observational data on three levels of preschool...

The latest international survey in education - PIRLS 2021 - is the first to present an international comparative study of fourth grade students' reading achievement that coincided with the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tests results confirm the general prediction for a majority of...

We study the impact of a Canadian prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth. The objective of the "oeuf-lait-orange" (eggs-milk-oranges) (OLO) program is to reduce the incidence of prematurity and low birth weight by providing a specific food basket and nutritional guidance to pregnant...

Exploiting unique administrative longitudinal data sets on medical services provided to mothers before- and after- delivery, we estimate the causal effects of two major distinct parental leave reforms on maternal health outcomes, over a period of 5 years postpartum. The health outcomes are...

Les élèves québécois au niveau secondaire sont considérés comme relativement performants sur la base de la moyenne générale obtenue aux tests internationaux (math, lecture, sciences) PISA. Cependant, il est peu connu que les scores des élèves du secteur privé, fortement présents à...

In this paper, we study the long-run impact of a universal child care policy in Quebec on parental health and parenting practices. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Child and Youth, we follow treated families for more than 9 years and investigate the impact well beyond the...

Peu d'études peuvent évaluer les effets de long terme de l'école privée secondaire sur les résultats éducatifs des élèves, tout en contrôlant pour les caractéristiques des élèves et des parents. Au Québec, la deuxième province canadienne la plus populeuse, plus de vingt pourcent...

Very few studies analyze the long-term educational effects of private secondary school attendance while controlling for socioeconomic status. In Québec, the second most populous Canadian province, twenty percent of students at this level are enrolled in private schools subsidized by the...

In 2000, the OECD began the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds. For each survey, Canadian students placed well above the OECD average and remain among the top performers for each domain assessed (reading, math and...

L'étude utilise les données provenant de 14 des vagues de l'Enquête sociale générale (ESG), réalisée par Statistique Canada auprès des ménages canadiens. Les enquêtes retenues contiennent pour des années de 1986 à 2011 des informations sur le plus haut niveau d'éducation des...