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Career Goals in High School : Do Students Know What it Takes to Reach Them, and Does it Matter?
Frenette, Marc - 2012
Do students know the education required to achieve their career objectives? Is this information related to their … education pathways? To address these questions, the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), Cohort A is used to compare high school … students’ perceptions of the level of education they will require for the job they intend to hold at age 30, with the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014168315
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The Completion Behaviour of Registered Apprentices: Who Continues, Who Quits, and Who Completes Programs?
Mueller, Richard; Laporte, Christine - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
least a high school education prior to beginning an apprenticeship. Males and females have similar completion probabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872014
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The Long-term Earnings Impact of Post-secondary Education Following Job Loss
Wright, Peter W.; Upward, Richard; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
In this study, the long-term impact on earnings of attending post-secondary education institutions following job loss … loss, workers who attended post-secondary education shortly after displacement saw their earnings increase by almost $7 …, with the exception of men aged 35 to 44 years. Despite the benefits of education, job displacement is found to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008925082
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Age at Immigration and the Education Outcomes of Children
Corak, Miles - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This paper examines the education outcomes (including the chances of being a high school drop-out) of a cohort of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352024
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An Investment of a Lifetime? The Long-term Labour Market Premiums Associated with a Postsecondary Education
Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
spanning their mid-30s to their mid-50s. Three levels of education are considered, corresponding to the decisions made by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003201
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The Human Capital Model of Selection and the Long-run Economic Outcomes of Immigrants
Qiu, Theresa; Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003202
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Wages and Full-time Employment Rates of Young High School Graduates and Bachelor?s Degree Holders, 1997 to 2012
Morissette, Rene; Frenette, Marc - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
This study examines which factors underlie the narrowing of wage differences seen between young bachelor?s degree holders and high school graduates from the 2000-to-2002 period to the 2010-to-2012 period and the widening of differences in full-time paid employment rates between these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003205
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Cultural Influences Across Time and Space: Do Source-country Gender Roles Affect Immigrant Women's Paid and Unpaid Labour Activity?
Frank, Kristyn; Hou, Feng - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2013
Canadian immigrants come from a range of source countries which vary considerably in gender roles. Examining gender roles is therefore valuable in determining whether cultural norms continue to influence labour activities after immigrants have been exposed to the new environment of their host...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106754
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Do Highly Educated Immigrants Perform Differently in the Canadian and U.S. Labour Markets?
Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett; Bonikowska, Aneta - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This paper compares changes in wages of university-educated new immigrant workers in Canada and in the U.S. over the period from 1980 to 2005, relative to those of their domestic-born counterparts and to those of high school graduates (university wage premium). Wages of university-educated new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788476
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Reversal of Fortunes or Continued Success? Cohort Differences in Education and Earnings of Childhood Immigrants
Hou, Feng; Bonikowska, Aneta - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
Current knowledge about the favourable socioeconomic attainment (in education and earnings) among children of … measured by the share with university degrees) than their Canadian-born peers by age 25 to 34. Conditional on education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828472