[logo_social.jpg] [social.jpg] SSRN Home Search and Download Papers Browse Abstract and Paper Submission Subscribe to Networks View Briefcase Top Papers Top Authors Top Institutions Abstract ______________________________ References (26) Beta Citations (2) Beta [fee_pdf.gif] Add to Cart | Share | Email | Add to Briefcase [facebook_Icon.gif] Facebook | [twitter_Icon.gif] Twitter | [digg-icon.gif] Digg | [delicious_Icon.gif] Del.icio.us | [citeulike_Icon.gif] CiteULike | Permalink Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely ___________________________________ ___________________________________ This is a Blackwell Publishing paper. Blackwell Publishing charges $25.00 . File name: caje.pdf ; Size: 177K If you wish to purchase the right to make copies of this paper for distribution to others, please select the quantity. Quantity: ______ Total Price = __________ [BUTTON] [BUTTON] [dogEar.gif] Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap between College and University Graduates? Vincenzo Caponi Ryerson University - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); RCEA Miana Plesca University of Guelph - Department of Economics Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 1100-1131, August / août 2009 Abstract: Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high school. Unlike previous research using Canadian data, our data set allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find strong evidence of positive ability selection into all levels of post-secondary education for men and weaker positive selection for women. Since the ability selection is stronger for higher levels of education, particularly for university, the difference in returns between university and college or trades education decreases slightly after accounting for ability bias. However, a puzzling large gap persists, with university-educated men still earning over 20% more than men with college or trades education. En utilisant les résultats de l'Enquête sociale générale au Canada, on calcule les rendements sur l'éducation post-secondaire par rapport à ceux sur l'éducation secondaire. Contrairement aux travaux antérieurs sur les données canadiennes, les données utilisées ici permettent de tenir compte des différentiels d'habileté. Les résultats révèlent un fort différentiel positif d’habileté pour les hommes à tous les niveaux de l'éducation post-secondaire, et un moindre différentiel pour les femmes. Puisque ce différentiel est plus fort pour les plus hauts niveaux d'éducation, particulièrement pour l'université, la différence de rendements entre universités et collèges ou écoles de métiers décroît quand on tient compte du différentiel d'habileté. Cependant un large écart résiduel demeure et laisse perplexe: les hommes avec une éducation universitaire gagnent encore plus de 20% de plus que ceux qui ont fréquenté les collèges et les écoles de métiers après normalisation pour le niveau d'habileté.) Accepted Paper Series Date posted: July 04, 2009 ; Last revised: August 09, 2009 Suggested Citation Caponi, Vincenzo and Plesca, Miana, Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap between College and University Graduates?. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 1100-1131, August / août 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1429062 or doi:10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01540.x Export to: [EndNote.] Export Citation What's this? Contact Information Vincenzo Caponi (Contact Author) Ryerson University - Department of Economics ( email ) Toronto, Ontario Canada HOME PAGE: http://www.caponi.ca Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email ) P.O. Box 7240 D-53072 Bonn Germany RCEA ( email ) Via Patara, 3 Rimini (RN), RN 47900 Italy Miana Plesca University of Guelph - Department of Economics ( email ) Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada Feedback to SSRN (Beta) [expanded.gif] What type of feedback would you like to send? please choose one (_) Problem (_) Suggestion (_) Compliment (_) Comment ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ [BUTTON] Feedback to SSRN (Beta) [collapsed.gif] Paper statistics Abstract Views: 38 Downloads: 0 References: 26 [Q-mark.gif] Citations: 2 [Q-mark.gif] © 2010 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. FAQ Terms of Use Privacy Policy Copyright This page was served by apollo2 in 0.172 seconds.