2013 Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Conference » EPRI Sessions

EPRI 1: Policy and Program Effects on Education / Effets des politiques et des programmes en éducation

Organizers: Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge) Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa) Chair: Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa) Papers: Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation): Early High School Interventions to Increase Students' Access to Post-secondary Education: Experimental Impacts from the BC AVID Pilot Project

Wismer, Andrew (University of Ottawa): The Reality of Parental Contributions Received by Low-Income Student Borrowers

Leonard, Phil (McMaster University): What if High School were a Year Longer? Evidence from Newfoundland

Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto): The Effectiveness of the Pathways to Education Program Discussants: Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University); Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation); Morin, Louis-Philippe (University of Ottawa).

EPRI 2: Labour Market Outcomes / Répercussions de l'éducation sur le marché du travail

Organizers: Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)

Chair: Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)

Papers: Frenette, Marc (Statistics Canada): An Investment of a Lifetime? The Long-term Labour Market Returns to a Terminal High School Diploma

Li, Qing (McMaster University): Immigrant Source Country Educational Quality and Receiving Country Labour Market Outcomes

Childs, Stephen (University of Ottawa): Early Labour Market Outcomes and the Returns to Education: Evidence from the YITS-A

Connolly, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal): Intergenerational Transmission of Education and Income in Canadian Youth

Discussants: Haeck, Catherine (Université du Québec à Montréal); Frenette, Marc (Statistics Canada); Leonard, Phil (McMaster University).

EPRI 3: Schooling Transitions / Transitions scolaires

Organizers: Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge)

Chair: Morin, Louis-Philippe (University of Ottawa)

Papers: Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa): The Determinants and Early Labour Market Consequences of Dropping Out of School in Canada: A Longitudinal Analysis

DeClou, Lindsay (McMaster University): Graduate Attrition by Discipline: Analyzing Administrative Data from an Ontario Research University

Pavlic, Dejan (University of Ottawa): Student Persistence: Examining Transfer Student Patterns at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College. Discussants: Li, Qing (McMaster University); Wismer, Andrew (University of Ottawa); Chan, Ping Ching Winnie (Statistics Canada); Mueller, Mercedes (University of Ottawa).

EPRI 4: Preparing for PSE and the Labour Market / Préparation aux EPS et au marché du travail

Organizers: Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge)

Chair: Lehrer, Steven F. (Queen's University) Papers: Lehrer, Steven F. (Queen's University): Understanding College Major Choice Decisions in Canada

Tessier, Nicholas (University of Ottawa): Personal and Contextual Factors in the Educational Transition of Canadian Adolescents in Foster Care: Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey

Kottelenberg, Michael (Queen's University): Characterizing Dynamic Skill Formation in Canada: Tracking the Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skill Development from Early Childhood to College-University Discussants: Kottelenberg, Michael (Queen's University); Veall, Michael (McMaster University); Lehrer, Steven F. (Queen's University).