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Be like your sister and stay in school: The benefits of increasing Quebec’s male graduation rates

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  • Fabian Lange
  • Marie Connolly

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Despite considerable progress in educational attainment over the last few decades, Quebec continues to do poorly when it comes to dropout rates, particularly among boys. In 2021, there were 234,000 men who had no secondary school diploma. Among 25-to-34-year-olds, 12% had neither a diploma nor any proper qualifications, the worst performance of any Canadian province. This under-education of boys represents a substantial loss of potential productivity. A CIRANO study (Connolly and Lange, 2025) shows that if the problem were seriously addressed and boys’ dropout rates decreased to the level of girls’, men, and society as a whole, would make major gains. Achieving this parity would, by the next two to four decades, cut in half the number of men who were missing the needed requirements for the labour market. → Read the article in PERSPECTIVES → Read the full project report Malgré de vastes progrès en matière de scolarisation au cours des dernières décennies, le Québec continue de faire piètre figure en matière de décrochage scolaire, particulièrement chez les garçons. En 2021, 234 000 hommes n’avaient pas de diplôme d’études secondaires. Chez les 25 à 34 ans, 12 % n’avaient aucun diplôme ni aucune qualification, soit la pire performance de toutes les provinces canadiennes. Cette sous-scolarisation des garçons représente une perte substantielle de potentiel de productivité. Une étude CIRANO (Connolly et Lange, 2025) montre que si on s’attaquait au problème et que les garçons réussissaient à atteindre le même taux de décrochage que celui des filles, il en résulterait des gains importants pour eux et pour toute la société. D’ici 20, 30 ou 40 ans, le nombre d’hommes sans diplôme sur le marché du travail pourrait diminuer de moitié. → Lire l'article dans la revue PERSPECTIVES → Lire le rapport de projet complet

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  • Fabian Lange & Marie Connolly, 2025. "Be like your sister and stay in school: The benefits of increasing Quebec’s male graduation rates," CIRANO Papers 2025pj-12, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:circah:2025pj-12
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