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Crucial contributors? Re-examining labour market impact and workplace-training intensity in Canadian trades apprenticeship

Meredith, John - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010

incentive for employers. Some assumptions underlying the employer subsidy are: that apprenticeship training is a principal … contributor to the skilled trades labour supply; that employers of apprentices typically incur high training cost and risks; and … hierarchy of trades occupations. The interviews reveal sharp variations in employersâ€™ workplace training efforts, challenging …

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Why do some employers prefer to interview Matthew but not Samir? New evidence from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver

Dechief, Diane; Oreopoulos, Philip - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012

In earlier work (Oreopoulos, 2009), thousands of resumes were sent in response to online job postings across Toronto to investigate why Canadian immigrants struggle in the labor market. The findings suggested significant discrimination by name ethnicity and city of experience. This follow-up...

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A Community College Instructor like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom

Fairlie, Robert W.; Hoffmann, Florian; Oreopoulos, Philip - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011

This paper uses detailed administrative data from one of the largest community colleges in the United States to quantify the extent to which academic performance depends on students being of similar race or ethnicity to their instructors. To address the concern of endogenous sorting, we use both...

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Persistence and Academic Success in University

Dooley, Martin D.; Payne, A. Abigail; Robb, A. Leslie - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012

We use a unique set of linked administrative data sets to explore the determinants of persistence and academic success in university. The explanatory power of high school grades greatly dominates that of other variables such as university program, gender, and neighbourhood and high school...

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Is Debt Relief as Good as Liquidity? The Impact of Prospective Student Debt on Post-Secondary Attendance among Low-Income Youth

Frenette, Marc - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011

In this study, I estimate the impact of offering two large non-refundable grants to low-income Canadian youth on postsecondary attendance. The grants had two interesting features. First, they were clawed back from loans, thus reducing costs but providing no additional liquidity. Second, the...

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Labour Market Matters - April 2013

Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013

Teacher strikes can have many of effects, including creating major inconveniences for parents, but the most contentious issue is undoubtedly the impact on student learning. The argument against teachersâ€™ right to strike is based on the assumption that teacher strikes negatively affect...

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Marché du travail en revue - Septembre 2014

Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

Selon de nombreuses recherches, il semble que les immigrants plus qualifiés, en particulier dans les domaines des sciences, de la technologie, de l’ingénierie et des mathématiques, sont non seulement plus innovateurs que leurs collègues nés au pays qui les a reçus, mais qu’ils ont...

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Does Online Search Crowd Out Traditional Search and Improve Matching Efficiency? Evidence from Craigslist

Kroft, Kory; Pope, Devin G. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012

Ever since the seminal work of Stigler (1962), economists have recognized that information in markets is costly to acquire and can lead to â€œsearch frictionsâ€. The remarkable growth in online search has substantially lowered the cost of information acquisition. Despite this, there is...

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Immigrant Skill Selection and Utilization: A Comparative Analysis of Australia, Canada, and the United States

Clarke, Andrew; Skuterud, Mikal - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

We compare literacy test scores and relative wage and employment outcomes of Australian, Canadian and U.S. immigrants using the 2003/2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALLS). We find substantially higher immigrant skill levels at the lower end of the distribution in Australia,...

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Labour Market Matters - September 2014

Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

A growing body of research suggests that skilled immigrants, particularly those in the â€œSTEMâ€ fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), are not only more innovative than their native-born counterparts but also have the potential to produce positive productivity...

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