EDUCATION, SCHOOLING AND THE LABOUR MARKET

A Conference organized by
the Canadian Employment Research Forum

Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Thursday May 29th and Friday 30th 2003

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PROGRAM AND PAPERS

Thursday, May 29
8:00 - 8:15	Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening Comments Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta, CERF Co-Chair)
8:30 - 10:00	Session I - ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION Joanna Tomkowicz, Lisa Shipley, Sylvie Ouellette (Statistics Canada) Perception of Barriers to Education in a group of 18 to 20 Year olds: For Whom does Money Matter? Mélanie Raymond, Maud Rivard (Department of Finance) Have University Fee Hikes in the 1990s Undermined Access? ( Appendix C) Miles Corak, Garth Lipps, John Zhao (Statistics Canada) Family Income and Post-Secondary Participation Chair: Ross Finnie (Queen’s University) Discussants: Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto)
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session II - MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT David Johnson (Wilfred Laurier University) The Interpretation of Elementary School Test Scores in Ontario Darren Lauzon (Statistics Canada) Provincial Differences in the Distribution of Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Hours Per Year of Instruction Fernando Cartwright, Mary Allen (Statistics Canada) Understanding the rural-urban reading gap Chair: Bill Robson (C.D. Howe Institute)
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	Session III - STREAMING, PEER EFFECTS, AND NETWORKS David Margolis, Véronique Simonnet (Université de Paris) Educational Track, Networks and Labor Market Outcomes Brian Krauth, Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University) Peer Effects in Canadian Schools Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) School Program Choice and Streaming: Evidence from French Immersion Programs Chair: Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) Discussants: Stephen Jones (McMaster University)
3.00 - 3.30	Coffee Break
3:30-5:00	Session IV - SCHOOL ATTAINMENT AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) The Effectiveness of Compulsory School Laws in Canada Mark Lewis (MIT) Estimating the Value of Community College:Evidence from Quebec’s CÉGEPs Michael Coelli , David Green (UBC) William P. Warburton (Ministry of Human Resources, BC) Breaking the Cycle: The Effect of Education on Welfare Receipt Among Children of Welfare Recipients Chair: Satya Brink (Human Resources Development Canada) Discussants: Daniel Parent (McGill University)
Friday, May 30
8:30-10:00	Session V - CREDENTIALS, SCHOOL QUALITY, AND EARNINGS Ana Ferrer, Craig Riddell (UBC) Education, Credentials and Immigrant Earnings Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) Arthur Sweetman (Queen’s University) Co-op Education and Earnings Dan A. Black (Syracuse University) Jeffrey A. Smith (University of Maryland) How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Methods Chair: Ging Wong (Human Resources Development Canada) Discussants: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee Break
10:30-12:00	Session VI - EDUCATION, SCHOOLING AND THE LABOUR MARKET: LESSONS FOR POLICY Scott Murray (Statistics Canada) Alex Usher (Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation) Chair: Jean-Pierre Voyer (Policy Research Initiative)

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