The General Equilibrium Long Term Effects of the Canadian Education Policies
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This paper is the result of a study done for the Human Resources and Skill Development of Canada (HRSDC), and aim at providing answers to several questions of importance for policy makers, on the relationship between the Student Loan Program in Canada and its effects on labor productivity.
The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions
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The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2010 Art. 28 - Arrow Prize for junior economists 2010. (with Burc Kayahan and Miana Plesca)
The literature on training has pointed out that macroeconomic fluctuations can have a positive or a negative effect on training decisions.
Post-secondary education in Canada: can ability bias explain the earnings gap between college and university graduates?
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Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 42, No. 3 August 2009. (with Miana Plesca)
Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to postsecondary education relative to high school.