The Evolution of the Returns to Education for 21- to 35-Year-Olds in Canada and across Provinces: Results from the 1991-2006 Analytical Census Files

Emmanuelle Bourbeau, Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan

Canadian Public Policy, 2012, vol. 38, issue 4, 531-549

Abstract: This study traces the evolution of the returns to education for young Canadians, classified by very detailed education groups, gender, and province from 1990 to 2005, using large samples from the analytical census files. We find that the growth of returns for higher education for young adults (ages 21-35), especially for women, is much larger than that for the full working-age population (ages16-65) usually selected in other studies. We also find considerable heterogeneity in the returns across provinces and gender, in particular for education levels lower than university. Finally, we find that the returns to potential experience have considerably increased for both genders from 1990 to 2005.

Date: 2012
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