This research paper examines whether various measures of family income are associated with the cognitive, social/emotional, physical and behavioural development of children. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth were used to assess a range of measures of well-being...

A framework for thinking about intergenerational mobility as it relates to the relationship between parent and child incomes as well as evidence on the degree and sources of intergenerational mobility in Canada is reviewed. The major conclusion is that Canadian society is characterized by a good...

This study assesses how geographic distance between home and school affects the probability of attending university shortly after high school graduation. Students that grow up near a university can save on costs by staying home to attend the local university and thus may be more likely to...

This study examines prominent and emerging labour market trends of the 1990s to see if they have reversed under the pressure of the robust economic growth of 1997-1999. Specifically, it looks at the dramatic rise in self-employment, trends in job stability, and the low youth employment rate over...

Dans la presente etude, je m'appuie sur de nouvelles donnees canadiennes detaillees sur les aptitudes aux etudes, l'influence des parents, les contraintes financieres et d'autres caracteristiques socioeconomiques de base des jeunes pour tacher d'expliquer l'ecart important dans la frequentation...

This study undertakes three comparisons using Cycle 2 (1996-97) data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) in Canada. First, the study compares the health outcomes of children of the Native-born Canadian (NBC) group with those of the immigrant group in general....

Le present article evalue a partir des donnees du Recensement de 2006 les resultats scolaires (tel que la probabilite de decrochage scolaire au secondaire) d'une cohorte d'immigrants arrives au Canada alors qu'ils etaient encore enfants. L'etude documente le fait que la vraisemblance que les...

This paper examines the education outcomes (including the chances of being a high school drop-out) of a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Canada as children using the 2006 Census. The research documents the degree to which high school graduation for immigrant children may change discretely...

Les connaissances actuelles concernant la reussite socioeconomique (au chapitre de la scolarite et des gains) des enfants d'immigrants sont fondees sur les experiences de ceux dont les parents immigrants sont venus au Canada avant les annees 1970. Depuis, des cohortes successives d'immigrants...

Current knowledge about the favourable socioeconomic attainment (in education and earnings) among children of immigrants is based on the experiences of those individuals whose immigrant parents came to Canada before the 1970s. Since then, successive cohorts of adult immigrants have experienced...