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Who Goes? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Family Background on Access to Post-secondary Education

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Finnie, Ross
Lascelles, Eric
Sweetman, Arthur

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This research finds that family background (parental education level, family type, ethnicity, location) has important direct and indirect effects on post-secondary participation. The indirect effects of background operate through a set of intermediate variables representing high school outcomes and related attitudes and behaviours. Overall, the large fraction of the family background effect that operates through indirect channels indicates that the period of life before post-secondary financing and related issues become important is crucial for equitable and efficient post-secondary access. These results are based on two sex-specific measures of access (Any Post-secondary, and University) obtained from Statistics Canada's School Leavers and Follow-Up Surveys.

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Paper provided by Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch in its series Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series with number 2005237e.

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Keywords: Education; training and learning; Income; pensions; spending and wealth; Families; households and housing; Society and community; Students; Educational attainment; Household; family and personal income; Family history; Equity and inclusion;

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  1. Christofides, Louis N. & Hoy, Michael & Yang, Ling, 2008. "The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977−2003)," IZA Discussion Papers 3805, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  2. Pierre Lefebvre & Philip Merrigan, 2008. "Family Background, Family Income, Cognitive Tests Scores, Behavioural Scales and their Relationship with Post-secondary Education Participation: Evidence from the NLSCY," Cahiers de recherche 0830, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
  3. Louis N. Christofides & Michael Hoy & Ling Yang, 2006. "The Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2003)," Working Papers 0610, University of Guelph, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Keith G. Banting, 2005. "Do We Know Where We Are Going? The New Social Policy in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 31(4), pages 421-430, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Louis N. Christofides & Michael Hoy & Ling Yang, 2008. "The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977-2003)," University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics 4-2008, University of Cyprus Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  6. Louis N. Christofides & Michael Hoy & Ling Yang, 2006. "The Determinants of University Participation," Working Papers 0608, University of Guelph, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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