This research exploits the uniquely rich Youth in Transition Survey to investigate access to post-secondary education (PSE) among the children of Canadian immigrants, including both (i) those who came to this country as immigrants themselves by age 15, and (ii) those who were born in Canada to...

This paper exploits the longitudinal Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A (YITSA) to investigate access and barriers to post-secondary education (PSE) in Canada. The paper first looks at how access by age 21 is related to family background characteristics, including family income and parental...

This paper exploits the unprecedented rich information available in the Canadian Youth in Transition Survey, Sample A (YITS‐A) to investigate issues related to access to postsecondary education (PSE). The questions we ask are basically two‐fold: i) What are the various influences on access...

The OECD (2012) recently noted that post-secondary education (PSE) participation rates in Canada will need to continue to expand as the population ages and as the needs of the knowledge-based economy increase. With many groups already participating at high rates, much of this expansion will have...