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Impact of the Model Schools Literacy Project on Literacy and Fiscal Outcomes in First Nations in Canada

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  • Simon Lapointe

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This report evaluates the fiscal and literacy outcomes of the Model Schools Literacy Project (MSLP) for First Nations on reserve in Canada. It first reviews the literature on the impact of literacy on socio-economic outcomes including labour market performance, health, crime, and social engagement. It then quantifies the economic benefits of improved literacy for First Nations on reserve by estimating cost savings and additional revenues across several categories: diabetes, incarceration, welfare payments, employment insurance, additional tax revenues, costs of substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, and adult and special education costs. The cost-benefit analysis finds that investment in the MSLP generates substantial returns.

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  • Simon Lapointe, 2021. "Impact of the Model Schools Literacy Project on Literacy and Fiscal Outcomes in First Nations in Canada," CSLS Research Reports 2021-01, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    • Handle: RePEc:sls:resrep:1916
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    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • K37 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Immigration Law

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