The Payoff: Returns to University, College and Trades Education in Canada, 1980 to 2005

Daniel Boothby and Torben Drewes
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Daniel Boothby: Industry Canada
Torben Drewes: Trent University

No 104, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: Among OECD countries, Canada has the highest percentage of postsecondary graduates in the population 25-64 years old, which is due to having a large proportion of nonuniversity postsecondary graduates from colleges and trade schools. By considering the financial returns to types of postsecondary education, which reflect demand and supply, this paper examines whether Canada has produced too many postsecondary graduates in general, or too many graduates from colleges or trade schools in particular. The answers to both questions is no. There are high rates of return to higher education, with the exception of women graduates of trade schools.

Keywords: Education Papers; postsecondary education; OECD countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2010-08
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, August 2010

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