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Ability, Parental Valuation of Education and the High School Dropout Decision
Foley, Kelly; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Green, David A. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
-cognitive ability and the value that parents place on education. Our results support three main conclusions. First, cognitive ability at … age 15 has a substantial impact on dropping out. Second, parental valuation of education has an impact of approximately … of dropping out of approximately .03 if his parents place a high value on education but .36 if their education valuation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509636
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The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement
Belley, Phillippe; Lochner, Lance - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This paper uses data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohorts(NLSY79 and NLSY97) to estimate changes in the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment for youth in their late teens during the early 1980s and early 2000s. Cognitive ability plays an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977030
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A Competing Risks Analysis of the Determinants of Low Completion Rates in the Canadian Apprenticeship System
Dostie, Benoit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
In this paper, we estimate the determinants of low (and slow) completion rates with a competing risk duration model using data from the National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS) 2007. This allows us to distinguish the impact age and duration dependence on the probability of dropping out. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675768
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Long Term Consequences of Natural Resource Booms for Human Capital Accumulation
Emery, Herb; Ferrer, Ana; Green, David - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Tight labour markets driven by resource booms could increase the opportunity cost of schooling and crowd out human capital formation. For oil producing economies like the Province of Alberta, the OPEC oil shocks of 1973 to 1981 may have had an adverse long term effect on the productivity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852550
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Marché du travail en revue - Novembre 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Toute personne entrant sur le marché du travail avec un niveau scolaire relativement faible découvre souvent qu’il lui manque le capital humain et les diplômes nécessaires pour s’adapter au marché du travail qui change rapidement au Canada. La grave récession des débuts des années...
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Labour Market Matters - November 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Individuals who enter the labour market with relatively low levels of education often find that they lack the necessary … employer supported course enrollment and mid-career investments in formal education on wages. Skills such as literacy, document …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184452
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An analysis of a foundational learning program in BC: the Foundations Workplace Skills Program (FWSP) at Douglas College
Gray, David; Morin, Louis-Philippe - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the workings of a small-scale program involving foundational learning that is targeted at unemployed workers in Surrey, BC by exploiting information contained in the administrative data set that was compiled through its execution. Although this data set contains huge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184453
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Returns to Apprenticeship: Analysis based on the 2006 Census
Gunderson, Morley; Krashinsky, Harry - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
We utilize the 2006 Census -- the first large-scale, representative Canadian data set to include information on apprenticeship certification -- to compare the returns from apprenticeships with those from other educational pathways (high school graduation, non-apprenticeship trades and community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184457
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How Important are School Principals in the Production of Student Achievement?
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Smith, Justin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
As school leaders, principals can influence student achievement in a number of ways, such as: hiring and firing teachers, monitoring instruction, and maintaining student discipline, among others. We measure the effect of individual principals on gains in student math and reading achievement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395118
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The Causal Effects of Education on Adaptability
Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals’ adaptability to employment shocks …. Specifically, we assess the extent to which education influences re-employment success for unemployed workers. We also examine the … impact of education on job search intensity, one potential mechanism through which education may increase the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004975590