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Qui poursuit des etudes superieures? L'incidence directe et indirecte des antecedents familiaux sur l'acces aux etudes postsecondaires

Lascelles, Eric; Finnie, Ross; Sweetman, Arthur - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

Le present document de recherche revele que les antecedents familiaux (niveau de scolarite des parents, type de famille …

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Antecedents familiaux et acces aux etudes postsecondaires : que s'est-il passe pendant les annees 1990?

Laporte, Christine; Lascelles, Eric; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

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...

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Family Background and Access to Post-secondary Education: What Happened over the 1990s?

Laporte, Christine; Lascelles, Eric; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

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.

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Who Goes? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Family Background on Access to Post-secondary Education

Lascelles, Eric; Finnie, Ross; Sweetman, Arthur - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

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...

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Sommaire de : L'effet des conditions macroeconomiques sur l'instabilite et l'inegalite a long terme des gains des travailleurs au Canada

Gray, David; Finnie, Ross; Beach, Charles M. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

Le present article resume les conclusions de le document de recherche intitulee : L'effet des conditions macroeconomiques sur l'instabilite et l'inegalite a long terme des gains des travailleurs au Canada. Le present document porte sur la variabilite des gains des travailleurs au Canada de...

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Importance de la litteratie fonctionnelle : competences en lecture et en mathematiques et resultats sur le marche du travail des decrocheurs du secondaire

Meng, Ronald; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

La presente etude vise a evaluer les effets des competences en litteratie et en numeratie sur les resultats sur le marche du travail des decrocheurs du secondaire au Canada. Nous avons determine que ces competences ont des repercussions significatives sur la probabilite d'etre occupe, ainsi que...

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The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Instability and Long-Run Inequality of Workers' Earnings in Canada

Gray, David; Finnie, Ross; Beach, Charles M. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This paper examines the variability of workers' earnings in Canada over the period 1982-1997 and how earnings variability has varied in terms of the unemployment rate and real gross domestic product (GDP) growth over this period. Using a large panel of tax file data, we decompose total variation...

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Minorities, Cognitive Skills and the Incomes of Canadians

Meng, Ronald; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

minority-white income differences and the role cognitive skills play in those patterns. Some minority groups have substantially … the case of certain male groups, these differences play a significant role in explaining the observed income patterns. The … ethnic-white income gaps are, however, much smaller for women, and the literacy and numeracy variables do not have much of a …

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Earnings Change in Canada

Finnie, Ross; Beach, Charles M. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

This paper examines trends in earnings, using tax-based longitudinal data from the last two decades and synthetic cohort analysis.

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The Importance of Functional Literacy: Reading and Math Skills and Labour Market Outcomes of High School Drop-outs

Meng, Ronald; Finnie, Ross - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This study assesses the effects of literacy and numeracy skills on the labour market outcomes of Canadian high school drop-outs. We find that these skills have significant effects on the probability of being employed and on hours and weeks of work for both men and women, and also have strong...

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