The Effect of Quebec’s Cegeps on Total Years of Schooling

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ID11968596
AuthorsPierre Fortin (0000-0003-3117-9122, Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author), Natalia Mishagina (Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Jimmy Royer (Analysis Group and University of Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Year2022
Volume48
Issue3
Pages386-402
Publication date2022-08-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.2020-098
OpenAlexW4292636447
LanguageEN
References cited14

We describe the CEGEP ( collèges d’enseignement général et professionnel) innovation of the late 1960s in Quebec and study its early effect on total years of schooling in the province, with Ontario as control. We first compare the broad trends in post-secondary enrolment and credentials in Quebec and Ontario over the long period of 1960–2018. We then estimate the effect of the CEGEP reform on total years of schooling of the cohorts that were initially treated. To this end, we apply a simple difference-in-differences methodology to 2001 Census microdata for Francophone and Anglophone men and women. We find that the effect of CEGEPs has been broadly positive and significant

Archaeology · Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · French · Geography · Microdata (statistics · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis

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