This research finds that family background (parental education level, family type, ethnicity, location) has important direct and indirect effects on post-secondary participation. The indirect effects of background operate through a set of intermediate variables representing high school outcomes...

Le present document de recherche revele que les antecedents familiaux (niveau de scolarite des parents, type de famille, ethnicite, lieu de residence) exercent des effets importants, directs et indirects, sur la participation aux etudes postsecondaires. Les effets indirects des antecedents...

Dans cet article, on fait etat de nouvelles donnees sur les relations entre l'acces aux etudes postsecondaires et les antecedents familiaux. A cette fin, on utilise les donnees tirees de l'Enquete aupres des sortants (EAS) et celles de l'Enquete aupres des jeunes en transition (EJET) pour...

This paper presents new evidence on the relationships between access to postsecondary education and family background. It uses the School Leavers Survey (SLS) and the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to analyse participation rates in 1991 and 2000.

Dans cet article, on analyse le lien entre la qualite de l'education que les immigrants ont recue dans leur pays d'origine, tel que mesuree par les resultats aux examens internationaux, et leur degre de reussite sur le marche du travail canadien.

In Canada's federal system for economic (skilled) class immigrant selection, education is treated as if it is homogeneous and only differs in quantity. Some provinces, however, differentiate based on postsecondary field of study. This study explores the economic implications of field of study...

This article analyses the relationship between the quality of education that immigrants received in their home country, as measured by international test scores, and their success in the Canadian labour market.

Dans le systeme federal canadien de selection des immigrants (qualifies) appartenant a la categorie economique, les etudes postsecondaires sont traitees comme s'il s'agissait d'un element homogene, toute variation se situant sur le seul plan quantitatif. Toutefois, certaines provinces...

Le present document modelise les revenus des hommes et des femmes titulaires d'un baccalaureat au Canada, cinq ans apres l'obtention de leur diplome. Au moyen d'une approche d'effet constant au niveau de l'universite, les chercheurs ont observe des variations importantes (constantes) au chapitre...

This paper models earnings of male and female Bachelor's graduates in Canada five years after graduation. Using a university fixed-effect approach, the research finds evidence of significant (fixed) variations in earnings among graduates from different universities. Within universities, changes...