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Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to University Education in Canada

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Karim Moussaly-Sergieh (Statistics Canada)
Francois Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal)
Abstract

Getting a university degree offers substantial financial returns, for women more so than men and for undergraduate degrees more so than advanced degrees. This report finds that high returns to education signal high labour demand in particular fields relative to supply, information which is helpful for policymakers who distribute funds and for students who must choose their specialty.

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Paper provided by C.D. Howe Institute in its series e-briefs with number 79.

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Length: 7 pages
Date of creation: May 2009
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Publication status: Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, May 2009
Handle: RePEc:cdh:ebrief:79

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Keywords: social policy; university postsecondary education; internal rate of return;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance
H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Health, Education, and Welfare

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