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Impact of Proficiency on Early Entrants to the Labour Market: Evidence from the YITS

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  • Torben Drewes

    (Trent University)

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The primary purpose of the report is to explore the impact of PISA reading scores on the early labour market outcomes of young Canadians of the Youth in Transition Survey. This inquiry is complicated by two facts. First, family and school characteristics that are positively correlated with PISA scores are also correlated with labour market success, making it difficult to discover the independent effect of those scores. Second, students with higher PISA scores are much more likely to pursue education beyond high school and scores may operate both directly and indirectly through this channel to influence later outcomes. Among females, there is a positive correlation between PISA scores and future earnings, even after controlling for family background and educational attainment. There is no evidence of such a correlation for males. For both genders, the link between PISA scores and unemployment disappears when controls are added. These weak outcomes may be explained by the fact that sufficient time has not elapsed for the YITS respondents to complete schooling and to integrate into the labour market. L’objectif premier du présent rapport est d’examiner comment les scores PISA en compréhension de l’écrit influencent les premiers résultats sur le marché du travail des jeunes Canadiens interrogés dans le cadre de l’Enquête auprès des jeunes en transition (EJET). L’analyse est compliquée par deux facteurs : tout d’abord, les caractéristiques en termes de contexte familial et d’établissement scolaire fréquenté qui sont positivement corrélées avec les scores PISA sont également corrélées avec la réussite sur le marché du travail, ce qui empêche d’identifier l’effet indépendant de ces scores. Ensuite, les élèves qui ont obtenu des scores PISA élevés sont beaucoup plus susceptibles de continuer à faire des études après l’enseignement secondaire ; les scores pourraient donc avoir un effet à la fois direct et indirect sur les résultats ultérieurs. Chez les filles, on constate une corrélation positive entre les scores PISA et le revenu futur, même après prise en compte des caractéristiques du contexte familial et du niveau d’études. En revanche, on ne dispose d’aucun élément prouvant une telle corrélation chez les hommes. Pour les femmes comme pour les hommes, le lien entre les scores PISA et le fait d’être sans emploi disparaît dès lors que l’on ajoute des contrôles. La faiblesse de ces résultats peut s’expliquer par le manque de temps écoulé entre le moment où les personnes ont été sondées par l’EJET et le moment où elles ont terminé leurs études pour entrer sur le marché du travail.

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  • Torben Drewes, 2010. "Impact of Proficiency on Early Entrants to the Labour Market: Evidence from the YITS," OECD Education Working Papers 29, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:29-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5kmldvwx7cr7-en
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