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81. Access to College and University: Does Distance Matter? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2003201
Geography: Canada
Description:
Previous research suggests that high-school students living beyond commuting distance from a university are far less likely to attend, especially if they are from a lower-income family. This study asks three follow-up questions. First, do students who live too far to attend university 'make-up' for this disadvantage by attending college (if one is nearby)? Second, how does this uptake in college participation differ by class of income? And finally, does distance to school deter students from attending college?
After controlling for various factors associated with postsecondary participation, including sex, province, family income, and parental education, students living near a college are more likely to attend college than those students living near both a university and a college. The magnitude of this uptake in college participation almost completely counterbalances the difference in university participation, yielding similar postsecondary participation rates between the two groups. It was found that the uptake in college participation in outlying areas mainly occurs within groups of students who are from lower- and middle-income families, and who live far away from universities. Although there are very few students living beyond commuting distance from a college, research has shown that these students are far less likely to attend college, especially if they are from a lower-income family.
Release date: 2003-06-04
82. Life After Welfare: The Economic Well-being of Welfare Leavers in Canada During the 1990s Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2003192
Geography: Canada
Description:
The 1990s were characterized by substantial declines in the number of welfare recipients in most Canadian provinces. These declines occurred in a period when most provincial governments lowered benefits and tightened eligibility rules. What happened to the economic well-being of those who left welfare in the 1990s? Using longitudinal tax data, this study examines the short and long-term outcomes of welfare leavers across three dimensions: earnings, disposable income and low-income. The role of marriage in post-welfare outcomes is also investigated.
Release date: 2003-03-26
83. Do the Falling Earnings of Immigrants Apply to Self-employed Immigrants? Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002195
Geography: Canada
Description:
Many studies have examined the relative success of immigrant men in the (primarily paid) workforce. Despite the fact that they represent approximately one-sixth of the immigrant workforce, self-employed immigrants are a relatively understudied group. This study uses the 1981, 1986, 1991, and 1996 Census files to assess the success of self-employed immigrant men (compared with self-employed native-born men), using the relative success of paid immigrant men as the benchmark.
After controlling for various other factors, recent immigrants (those arriving within the last five years) are as likely to be self-employed as the native-born and, over time spent in the country, are more likely to become self-employed. Recent immigrants in the 1990s were far more likely to be self-employed than the native-born. Successive cohorts of recent immigrants have fared progressively worse in the paid labour market compared with paid native-born workers. This is not the case in the self-employed workforce. Although self-employed recent immigrants typically report lower net self-employment income upon entry than the self-employed native-born, the gap has not grown. Instead, it has followed a cyclical movement: narrowing at the peak, and widening in times of weaker economic activity.
Release date: 2002-12-09
84. Too Far to Go on? Distance to School and University Participation Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002191
Geography: Canada
Description:
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 attend. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, a database of Canadian university postal codes and a special postal code conversion file that calculates the geographic co-ordinates of postal codes, it was possible to estimate the straight-line distances between the homes of high school students prior to graduating and the nearest university. After controlling for family income, parental education and other factors associated with university participation, students living 'out-of-commuting distance' are far less likely to attend than are students living 'within commuting distance.' Distance also plays a role in the relationship between university participation and its other correlates, such as family income and sex.
Release date: 2002-06-24
85. Overqualified? Recent graduates and the needs of their employers Archived
Articles and reports: 81-003-X20000015409
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article examines whether the education levels of graduates surpass the needs of employers, and to what extent.
Release date: 2000-11-29

Stats in brief (6)

Stats in brief (6) ((6 results))

1. Postsecondary education planning before and during the COVID-19 lockdown Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100002
Description:
This article examines whether parental expectations of their children to attain further education and their plans for helping their children with the financial aspects of postsecondary education—through savings and other means—have changed since the arrival of COVID-19. The analysis is based on the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP), conducted between February 2 and June 20, 2020.
Release date: 2021-01-27
2. To what extent might COVID-19 affect the earnings of the class of 2020? Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100063
Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in a considerable slowdown in economic activity in Canada. Young people have been hit particularly hard. This article presents estimates of the cumulative earnings losses in the first five years after graduation that this year's graduating class could experience, depending on the depth of the economic downturn. Specifically, five scenarios for this year's youth unemployment rate are examined.
Release date: 2020-07-28
3. Automation, workers and COVID-19 Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100033
Description:
Over the past few decades, computer technology has gradually changed workplaces, leading to a reduction of routine and manual job tasks, and an increase in non-routine, cognitive tasks. More recent developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning could be even more far-reaching, as they are designed to execute tasks that were traditionally considered non-automatable.
Release date: 2020-06-29
4. Which postsecondary programs had high levels of international student enrolment prior to COVID-19? Archived
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100032
Description:
To provide insights into how COVID-19 could potentially impact postsecondary institutions, this article provides estimates of the share of enrolments that were international by academic program and source country prior to COVID-19 based on the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS).
Release date: 2020-06-15
5. COVID-19 Pandemic: School closures and the online preparedness of children
Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100001
Description:
This article discusses the potential impact of recent school closures on learning and academic performance of school children as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release date: 2020-04-15
6. Summary Of: The Impact of Tuition Fees on University Access: Evidence from a Large-scale Price Deregulation in Professional Programs Archived
Stats in brief: 11F0019M2005264
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article summarizes findings from the research paper entitled: The impact of tuition fees on university access: Evidence from a large-scale price deregulation in professional programs.
Release date: 2005-09-27

Articles and reports (79)

Articles and reports (79) (0 to 10 of 79 results)

1. Pathways of Black, Latin American and other population groups in bachelor’s degree programs
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400500003
Description: It is well documented that earnings vary considerably by population group (White, Black, Latin American, etc.). One of the possible reasons may be the fact that educational attainment also varies considerably by population group. Currently, there is a lack of information on the educational pathways of individuals from various population groups who began a postsecondary education program. This article fills this gap by documenting various aspects of the postsecondary experience of different population groups with regard to bachelor’s degree programs.
Release date: 2024-05-22
2. Retention and recruitment of young skilled workers: Results by province and territory
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400400003
Description: Since Canada is a vast country with diverse job opportunities available in various locations, some provinces and territories may face challenges and opportunities in retaining and attracting young skilled talent. This article is the first to inform the issue by determining the share of youth who grew up in a certain province or territory and eventually obtained a postsecondary education but left to work in another province or territory. The article also looks at young skilled workers who entered a province or territory to work, as a share of that province or territory’s initial population of homegrown young skilled labour.
Release date: 2024-04-24
3. High school graduation and postsecondary enrolment of Black, Latin American and other population groups: What explains the differences?
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400200003
Description: Given the large differences in educational attainment observed across non-Indigenous population groups in Canada, understanding when these differences emerge and what may explain them is an important first step in informing policy discussions on the issue. Using the British Columbia kindergarten to Grade 12 dataset, the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2016 Census of Population, and the T1 Family File tax data, this study follows several cohorts of Grade 9 students in British Columbia over time to explore differences between population groups, by gender, in the probability and timing of high school graduation and enrolment in academic postsecondary programs.
Release date: 2024-02-28
4. Most prevalent jobs of young bachelor’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202301200002
Description: Investing in a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions made by people over their lifetime. Understanding the potential outcomes associated with specific postsecondary academic programs may help inform young people, but most of the available information focuses on earnings. While important, earnings say little about what postsecondary graduates are likely to do in their career, which may factor heavily in their decision-making process. This article presents the most prevalent jobs held by graduates of Canadian bachelor’s degree programs aged 25 to 34 using the 2021 Census of Population.
Release date: 2023-12-21
5. The changing nature of work since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300700003
Description: Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence were often featured in discussions around the changing nature of work. The concern, which is still present today, centred around the possibility that machines and robots could perform certain tasks more efficiently than humans. The purpose of this study is to update the trends in the changing nature of work with new data covering the pandemic period (up to and including 2022).
Release date: 2023-07-26
6. High school academic performance and earnings by postsecondary field of study
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202300400001
Description: Selecting a field of study is an important decision made by thousands of incoming postsecondary students each year. Numerous studies have shown that graduates from engineering, business and mathematics programs earn considerably more than their counterparts from arts and humanities. This article estimates the earnings differences across various fields of study after adjusting for differences in high school academic performance (course marks), neighbourhood factors (income and educational attainment) and postsecondary institution effects.
Release date: 2023-05-08
7. Occupational profile and work tasks of Canadian PhDs: Gender and field of study differences
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201200002
Description: Most PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) graduates from Canadian universities work outside academia, but little is known about the nature of these jobs. This study examines the types of jobs held by doctoral graduates who worked outside academia. In addition to examining occupations, the study focuses on analyzing the task content of those jobs.
Release date: 2022-12-22
8. Does taking short postsecondary programs or independent credits benefit recently displaced workers?
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202201100003
Description:
Workers who experience a permanent layoff (a job loss not followed by rejoining the same firm in the current or subsequent year) are often affected financially for several years. Based on the Longitudinal Worker File, the Postsecondary Student Information System, the 2006 Census of Population, and the T1 Family File the study examines the extent to which enrolling in or graduating from short, career-oriented programs or taking independent credits is associated with more favourable post-displacement earnings patterns compared to not enrolling at all.

Release date: 2022-11-23
9. Registered education savings plan investments by family income and liquid wealth
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200900001
Description:
Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) are an important vehicle to help families save for postsecondary education. However, large differences in RESP savings persist between families of different income levels, despite targeted incentives aimed at encouraging low- and middle-income families to open RESP accounts and contribute to them. This article documents the differences in RESP contributions between families with different levels of income and liquid wealth.

Release date: 2022-09-28
10. Postsecondary education decisions following a permanent layoff
Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200900002
Description:
Experiencing a permanent layoff—a job loss without returning to the same employer during the same or subsequent year—can have significant and long-lasting impacts. One strategy to cope with job loss is to retrain. However, until recently, data limitations have prevented researchers from observing the detailed training activities of Canadians who have been permanently laid off. This study aims to address this gap by documenting the detailed postsecondary training decisions made by affected workers following job displacement.

Release date: 2022-09-28

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