to a university education, or a shift in demand favouring specific degrees. …

also find that, during the 1980s, the expected weekly wages associated with all levels of education fell for younger … workers, both for men and women (from 2% to 16%, depending upon education level). Older employees, on the other hand …, experienced mixed results. Expected weekly wages rose for some older workers and fell for some others. …

workers in part-time jobs, in temporary jobs, self-employed; the job-education skill and credentials matches; earnings levels …

This study extends previous work on the evolution of the education premium, and investigates the existence of diverging … changing demand for high-skilled workers by comparing relative wages of university graduates holding degrees in "applied …

Compulsory school laws have existed in Canada for more than a hundred years, and policies to mandate further education … continue to be discussed. This paper examines the impact of these laws on education attainment and on subsequent social … economic outcomes for individuals compelled to stay in school. The findings indicate that mandating education substantially …

explanation identified by the study is the dramatic improvement in the level of education of older workers over the last 14 years …. For example, from 1981 to 1994 the percentage of older male workers with grade 10 education or less declined from 41.9% to … 19.6%, while the percentage with post-secondary diplomas and degrees increased from 32.1% to 51.7%. The education level …

) and married and divorced workers to participate in adult schooling and to obtain a post-secondary certificate. Workers … with less than a high school education who might have the greatest need to increase their human capital investment were … less likely to participate in adult education than workers with high school or more education. The study shows that male …