Il y a deja plus de 100 ans que le legislateur a rendu l'ecole obligatoire au Canada, et on continue a discuter de politiques de poursuite obligatoire des etudes. On examine dans ce document les effets de ces lois sur le niveau de scolarite et les resultats socio-economiques subsequents des...

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...

We use administrative data on a sample of births between 1978 and 1985 to investigate the short, medium and long-term consequences of poor infant health. Our findings offer several advances to the existing literature on the effects of early infant health on subsequent health, education, and...