This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income - post …-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and …

This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income - post …-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and …

This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income - post …-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and …

may play substantively different roles. The findings suggest that university-going is less common among lower-income … students and members of a visible minority group in the U.S. than among their Canadian counterparts. Some possible reasons are …

This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income - post …-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and …

have longer spell lengths than those in higher income families and, among these low-income families, lone-parents and … couples with children generally spend more time living in low-income neighbourhoods than childless couples and unattached … residing in low-income neighbourhoods (residential 'spells'). Although the length of new spells is generally substantial (at …