Closing the Aboriginal Education Gap in Canada: Assessing Progress and Estimating the Economic Benefits

Matthew Calver ()

No 2015-03, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This report has two major goals. The first goal is to assess progress on the gaps in educational attainment and labour market outcomes between 2001 and 2011 and the consequences of any progress (or lack thereof) for the Canadian economy. The second goal is to produce updated estimates of the benefits of eliminating the educational attainment gap. Utilizing projections of the Aboriginal population in 2031 and data from the 2011 National Household survey, we estimate the effects of closing the educational attainment gap on Aboriginal labour market outcomes and national economic performance. We provide breakdowns of the benefits by province, sex, age, Aboriginal identity, registered Indian status, and residence on- and off-reserve. We project that the direct cumulative economic benefits to Canada of closing the educational attainment gap between 2011 and 2031 could be as large as $261 billion.

Keywords: Aboriginal Education; Aboriginal; Education; Education Gap; Metis; Inuit; First Nations; Educational Attainment; Labour Force Participation; Labour Market Outcomes; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 H75 I20 I21 N32 N92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06
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