Grades and labour market earnings in Canada: new evidence from the 2018 national graduates survey

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dc.contributor.authorEssilfie, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMueller, Richard E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-29T17:03:45Z
dc.date.available2020-05-29T17:03:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how postsecondary education grades influence the labour market earnings of workers in Canada, and the moderating effects of field of study, level of study, gender, work experience while schooling, and other postsecondary educational qualification acquired since graduation. This study analyses cross-sectional data from the Public Use Microdata File of the 2018 National Graduates Survey (NGS) which follows the 2015 cohort of graduates three years after graduation. Unlike previous waves of the NGS, the 2018 data contain explicit information on the final grades obtained in postsecondary education programs. Using a two stage least square regression method, findings indicate that the overall grade point average is positively related to earnings, and this result is robust to model specification. This suggests that higher grades are important as they do translate into higher labour market earnings.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5733
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectEconomics [0501]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectLabor economics [0510]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectEconomic theory [0511]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCollege graduates -- Employment -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectCollege graduates -- Salaries, etc. -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectGraduate students -- Employment -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectLabor market -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectStudents -- Rating of -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectWages -- Canada -- Effect of education onen_US
dc.titleGrades and labour market earnings in Canada: new evidence from the 2018 national graduates surveyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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