Table 4
Impact of one additional year of schooling on the
probability of knowing a university degree is required
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15-year-olds sample | 17-year-olds sample | |||
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coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | |
First stage: Impact of being born before the school entry ABC cut-off on school grade | 0.5598 *** | 0.0673 | 0.3985 *** | 0.0808 |
Second stage: Impact of one additional school grade on knowing that a university degree is required for intended career | -0.1245 | 0.0950 | -0.1731 | 0.1550 |
p<0.1
p<0.05
p<0.01
Note(s):
Only school grade students from Nova Scotia and Quebec (15-year-olds)
or Nova Scotia (17-year-olds) who wanted a job requiring a university degree
at a point in time are included in the samples. This includes 1,317 15-year-olds
and 484 17-year-olds. All models are estimated by ordinary least
squares and include the covariates listed in Table 2 (except
the strategy variables), as well as school fixed effects and age (in years).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A.
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