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Le rendement privé et social de l’éducation universitaire au Québec en 2015

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  • Claude Montmarquette
  • François Vaillancourt
  • Brigitte Milord

Abstract

This study calculates for Québec the private and social rates of return to university education by various levels and fields of study using 2016 Canadian Census data. The main results are presented in Tables R1,R 2 and Figure R1. Table R1 indicates that: I. The social return is always lower than the private return because part of the total cost of a university education is borne by society. II. Rates of return decrease with growth in education level (MD excepted). III. Rates of return are higher for women than for men. Table R2 indicates that the rates of return vary greatly by field of study and are generally higher in scientific fields at the undergraduate level. Figure R1 shows that undergraduate university studies paid a lot in Quebec in 2000,005, 2010 and 2015. The rates of return for 2015 differ from those in table 1 to allow intertemporal comparability. We also find that for 2015: university education is often better remunerated in the public than in the private sector; an increase in the share of workers with a university degree in STEM increases the earnings of non STEM workers in Canadian CMAs. Cette étude calcule pour le Québec les taux de rendement, privés et sociaux, d’une scolarité universitaire de divers niveaux et domaines avec les données du Recensement canadien de 2016. Les résultats principaux sont présentés aux tableaux R1, R2 et à la figure R1. Le tableau R1 indique que : Le rendement social est toujours plus faible que le rendement privé car une partie du coût total d’une formation universitaire est supportée par la société. Les taux de rendement diminuent avec la croissance du niveau de scolarité (MD excepté). Les taux de rendement sont plus élevés pour les femmes que pour les hommes. Le tableau R2 indique que les taux de rendement varient fortement selon le domaine d’études au niveau du baccalauréat et sont généralement plus élevés dans les domaines scientifiques. La figure R1 indique que les études universitaires du 1er cycle sont fort payantes au Québec en 2000,2005, 2010 et 2015.Les taux de rendement pour 2015 diffèrent de ceux du tableau 1pour fin de comparabilité inter-temporelle. On constate également que pour 2015 : l'enseignement universitaire est souvent mieux rémunéré dans le secteur public que dans le secteur privé ; une augmentation de la proportion de travailleurs détenant un diplôme universitaire en STIM augmente les gains des travailleurs non STIM dans les RMR canadiennes.

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  • Claude Montmarquette & François Vaillancourt & Brigitte Milord, 2021. "Le rendement privé et social de l’éducation universitaire au Québec en 2015," CIRANO Project Reports 2021rp-05, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirpro:2021rp-05
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