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Bibliographic list of published RDC papers by theme
Education:
Academic achievement and educational aspirations
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2006
Whitley, J.L.M. 2006. A model of general self-concept for students receiving services for a learning disability: Does class placement play a role? Phd. dissertation. Edmonton, AB: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta.
2005
Bassani, C.D. 2005. A cross-national examination of the effect of family and school social capital on youths' mathematics scores in Canada, Japan and the United States. Ph.D. dissertation. Calgary, AB: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Hui, S. 2005. On the training and education of Canadians. Ph.D. dissertation. London, ON: Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario.
Krahn, H. and A. Taylor. 2005. "Aiming high: Educational aspirations and visible minority immigrant youth in Canada." Canadian Social Trends. Catalogue No. 11-008-XIE. 79: 8-12. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11-008-X20050038966.
Krahn, H. and A. Taylor. 2005. "Resilient teenagers: Explaining the high educational aspirations of visible-minority youth in Canada." Journal of International Migration and Integration 6(3/4): 405-434. The Daily release is available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/060404/dq060404b-eng.htm.
Peters, R. DeV., K. Petrunka, D.E. Angus, R. Arnold, J-M Bélanger, W. Boyce, K. Brophy, S.O. Burke, W. Craig, A. Currie, S. Evers, Y. Herry, J. Hoch, L.G. Irving, S. Khan, P. Kocher, D. Mamatis, G. Nelson, M. Pancer, K. Parker, C.C. Russell and S.Towson. 2005. Do better beginnings lead to better futures? Three-year follow-up outcomes for grade 6 children and their families (Final report). Kingston, ON: Queen's University. Executive summary available at: http://bbbf.queensu.ca/pdfs/BB-Highlights.pdf.
Singh, M.D. 2005. Investigating the prediction of item difficulty and bias by gender in reading literacy. Ph.D. dissertation. Toronto, ON: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
2004
Bortnik, A.M. 2004. Children's family and school capital: Effects of mathematics achievement in Canada. MA thesis. Calgary: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Caro-Vasquez, D. 2004. A longitudinal analysis of math achievement gaps associated with socioeconomic status: How do they change from childhood to adolescence? MA thesis. Fredericton, NB: Interdisciplinary Studies (Education), University of New Brunswick.
Currie, J. and M. Stabile. 2004. Child mental health and human capital accumulation: The case of ADHD. National Bureau of Economic Research Working paper series, No. 10435. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Available at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w10435.
Dooley, M. and J. Stewart. 2004. "Family income and child outcomes in Canada." Canadian Journal of Economics 37 (4): 898-917.
Franceschini, A. 2004. A longitudinal study of family relationships as mediators of children's schooling outcomes. Ph.D. dissertation. Guelph, ON: Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph.
Thiessen, V. and E.D. Looker. 2004. Aspirations of Canadian youth for higher education. Learning Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy and Planning, SP-600-05-04E. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Available at: http://www11.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/cs/sp/hrsdc/lp/publications/2004-002631/page00.shtml.
2003
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. "Beyond the digital divide in Canadian schools: From access to competency in the use of information technology." Social Science Computer Review 21(4): 475-490.
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. The digital divide in Canadian schools: Factors affecting student access to and use of information technology. Catalogue No. 81-597-XIE. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/030623/dq030623b-eng.htm.
Ma, Xin. 2003. "Measuring up: Academic performance of Canadian immigrant children in reading, mathematics and science." Journal of International Migration and Integration 4(4): 541-576.
2002
Hoddinott, J., L. Lethbridge and S. Phipps. 2002. Is history destiny? Resources, transitions and child attainments in Canada. Applied Research Branch Working Paper Series, SP-551-12-02E. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources Development Canada. Available at: http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/RH63-1-551-12-02E.pdf.
Computer use
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2006
Dostie, B., R. Jayaraman and M. Trépanier. 2006. Returns of computer use revisited, again. IZA Discussion Paper, No 2080. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp2080.pdf.
Dostie, B., R. Jayaraman and M. Trépanier. 2006. Returns of computer use revisited, again. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 06-23. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-06-23e.pdf.
2005
Dostie, B. and M-P Pelletier. 2005. Les rendements de la formation en entreprise. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 05-07. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC).Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-05-07f.pdf.
Dostie, B. and M. Trépanier. 2005. Returns of computer use and organizational practices of the firm. IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1541. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp1541.pdf.
2004
Dostie, B. and M. Trépanier. 2004. Returns of computer use and organizational practices of the firm. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 04-14. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-04-14e.pdf.
Trépanier, M. 2004. Nouvelle économie et rendements du capital humain. MSc thesis. Montréal, QC: Department of Economics, University of Montréal.
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. "Beyond the digital divide in Canadian schools: From access to competency in the use of information technology." Social Science Computer Review 21(4): 475-490.
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. The digital divide in Canadian schools: Factors affecting student access to and use of information technology. Catalogue No. 81-597-XIE. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/030623/dq030623b-eng.htm.
Education finance
2005
Hui, S. 2005. On the training and education of Canadians. Ph.D. dissertation. London, ON: Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario.
Milligan, K. 2005. "Who uses RESPs and why." In Higher Education in Canada. Edited by C.M. Beach, R.W. Boadway and R.M. McInnis. Kingston ON: McGill-Queen's University Press. 467-494.
2004
Thiessen, V. and E.D. Looker. 2004. Aspirations of Canadian youth for higher education. Learning Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy and Planning, SP-600-05-04E. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Available at: http://www11.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/cs/sp/hrsdc/lp/publications/2004-002631/page00.shtml.
Job-related training and skills
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2006
Boothby, D. and T. Drewes. 2006. "Postsecondary education in Canada: Returns to university, college and trades education." Canadian Public Policy XXXII(1): 1-22.
Dostie, B., R. Jayaraman and M. Trépanier. 2006. Returns of computer use revisited, again. IZA Discussion Paper, No 2080. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp2080.pdf.
Dostie, B., R. Jayaraman and M. Trépanier. 2006. Returns of computer use revisited, again. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 06-23. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-06-23e.pdf.
Havet, N. 2006. Does the wage and professional valorization of the training in a company differ according to sex? The Canadian example. Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Économique (GATE), Working paper 06-02, France: Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Économique. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906763.
2005
Dostie, B. and M-P Pelletier. 2005. Les rendements de la formation en entreprise. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 05-07. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC).Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-05-07f.pdf.
Dostie, B. and M. Trépanier. 2005. Returns of computer use and organizational practices of the firm. IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1541. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp1541.pdf.
Hui, S. 2005. On the training and education of Canadians. Ph.D. dissertation. London, ON: Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario.
Martel, E., B. Laplante and P. Bernard. 2005. "Chômage et stratégies des familles. Les effets mitigés du passage de l’assurance-chômage à l’assurance-emploi." Recherches Sociographiques XLVI(2): 245-280. The Daily release is available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/051110/dq051110d-eng.htm.
Pelletier, M-P. 2005. Les rendements de la formation en entreprise. MSc thesis. Montréal, QC: HEC - École des hautes études commerciales, University of Montréal.
Poletaev, M. and C. Robinson. 2005. Human capital specificity in Canada: Evidence and implications to policy. Working paper series, 2005 C-03. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada -- Industry Canada -- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Skills Research Initiative (HISSRI). Available at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/ineas-aes.nsf/en/ra01942e.html.
Yoshida, Y. and M.R. Smith. 2005. "Training and the earnings of immigrant males: Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey." Social Science Quarterly 86(s1): 1218-1241.
2004
Dostie, B. and M. Trépanier. 2004. Returns of computer use and organizational practices of the firm. Les cahiers du centre de recherche en e-finance (CREF), 04-14. Montréal, QC: École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). Available at: http://neumann.hec.ca/cref/pdf/c-04-14e.pdf.
Hansen, J. and M. Kucera. 2004. The educational attainment of second generation immigrants in Canada: Evidence from SLID. IZA Summer School Working Paper, Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/teaching/summerschool_html/7thsummer_school_files/ss2004_kucera.pdf.
Poletaev, M. and C. Robinson. 2004. Human capital specificity: Direct and indirect evidence from Canadian and US panels and displaced worker surveys. CIBC Working Paper Series, 2004-02. London, ON: Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario. Available at: http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/economics/centres/cibc/wp2004/Poletaev_Robinson_02.pdf.
Trépanier, M. 2004. Nouvelle économie et rendements du capital humain. MSc thesis. Montréal, QC: Department of Economics, University of Montréal.
2003
Hum, D. and W. Simpson. 2003. "Job-related training activity by immigrants to Canada." Canadian Public Policy XXIX(4): 469-490. Available at: http://economics.ca/cpp/en/archive.php.
Hum, D. and W. Simpson. 2003. "Labour market training of new Canadians and limitations to the intersectionality framework." Canadian Ethnic Studies XXXV (3): 56-69.
Martel, E. 2003. Les stratégies des individus et des familles qui font face au chômage: de l'assurance-chômage à l'assurance-emploi. MSc thesis. Montréal, QC: Department of Sociology, University of Montréal.
2002
Gawley, T. 2002. A repeated cross-sectional analysis of training and annual income in the 1990s: Results from the Adult Education and Training Surveys (AETS). South Western Ontario RDC Research Paper Series, Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo. Available at: http://tdr.uoguelph.ca/DATA/WWWDOCS/SWORDCSITE/Papers/050_Gawley_0061.doc.
Literacy
2005
Singh, M.D. 2005. Investigating the prediction of item difficulty and bias by gender in reading literacy. Ph.D. dissertation. Toronto, ON: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
2003
Rioux, M., E. Zubrow, M. Stutt Bunch and W. Miller. 2003. Atlas of literacy and disability. Toronto, ON: Canadian Abilities Foundation.
Rioux, M., E. Zubrow, M. Stutt Bunch and W. Miller. 2003. Geography of literacy and disability in Canada. Toronto, ON: Canadian Abilities Foundation.
School-to-work transitions
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2006
Boothby, D. and T. Drewes. 2006. "Postsecondary education in Canada: Returns to university, college and trades education." Canadian Public Policy XXXII(1): 1-22.
Walters, D. 2006. "An examination of the school-to-work transitions of male and female college and university graduates of applied and liberal arts programs in Canada." Higher Education Policy 19(2): 225-250.
2005
Hui, S. 2005. On the training and education of Canadians. Ph.D. dissertation. London, ON: Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario.
Smith, P. and J. Frank. 2005. "When aspirations and achievements don't meet. A longitudinal examination of the differential affect of education and occupational attainment on declines in self-rated health among Canadian labour force participants." International Journal of Epidemiology 34(4): 827-834.
2004
Boudarbat, B. 2004. Earnings and community college field of study choice in Canada. IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1156. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Available at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp1156.pdf.
Walters, D. 2004. "A comparison of the labour market outcomes of post-secondary graduates of various levels and fields over a four-year cohort period." Canadian Journal of Sociology 29(1): 1-27. Available at: http://www.cjsonline.ca/articles/walters04.html.
Walters, D. 2004. "The relationship between post-secondary education and skill: Comparing credentialism with human capital theory." Canadian Journal of Higher Education XXXIV(2): 97-124.
2003
Robb, A.L., L. Magee and J.B. Burbidge. 2003. Wages in Canada: SCF, SLID, LFS and the skill premium. McMaster University RDC Working Paper Series, Hamilton, ON: McMaster University. Available at: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/rdc/RDCwp3.pdf.
Walters, D. 2003. "'Recycling': The economic implications of obtaining additional post-secondary credentials at lower or equivalent levels." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 40(4): 463-480.
Schools
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2006
Borkosky, A.J. 2006. Factors influencing self-esteem in Canadian adolescents. MA thesis. Calgary: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Mac Con, K. 2006. "The impact of family context on adolescent emotional health during developmental transitions." In Canada's Changing Families: Implications for Individuals and Society. Edited by K. McQuillan and Z.R. Ravanera. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. 160-178.
Milan, A., F. Hou; and I. Wong. 2006. "Learning disabilities and child altruism, anxiety and aggression." Canadian Social Trends. Catalogue No. 11-008-XIE. Summer, 2006 (81): 16-22. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=11-008-X20060019197.
Whitley, J.L.M. 2006. A model of general self-concept for students receiving services for a learning disability: Does class placement play a role? Phd. dissertation. Edmonton, AB: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta.
2005
Bassani, C.D. 2005. A cross-national examination of the effect of family and school social capital on youths' mathematics scores in Canada, Japan and the United States. Ph.D. dissertation. Calgary, AB: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Peters, R. DeV., K. Petrunka, D.E. Angus, R. Arnold, J-M Bélanger, W. Boyce, K. Brophy, S.O. Burke, W. Craig, A. Currie, S. Evers, Y. Herry, J. Hoch, L.G. Irving, S. Khan, P. Kocher, D. Mamatis, G. Nelson, M. Pancer, K. Parker, C.C. Russell and S.Towson. 2005. Do better beginnings lead to better futures? Three-year follow-up outcomes for grade 6 children and their families (Final Report). Kingston, ON: Queen's University. Executive summary available at: http://bbbf.queensu.ca/pdfs/BB-Highlights.pdf.
2004
Bortnik, A.M. 2004. Children's family and school capital: Effects of mathematics achievement in Canada. MA thesis. Calgary, AB: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Franceschini, A. 2004. A longitudinal study of family relationships as mediators of children's schooling outcomes. Ph.D. dissertation. Guelph, ON: Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph.
Lu, T. 2004. An analysis of the impact of family and school stressors on children's emotional state in Canada. MA thesis. Calgary, AB: Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.
Sprott, J. 2004. "The development of early delinquency: Can classroom and school climates make a difference?" Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 46(5): 553-572.
2003
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. "Beyond the digital divide in Canadian schools: From access to competency in the use of information technology." Social Science Computer Review 21(4): 475-490.
Looker, E.D. and V. Thiessen. 2003. The digital divide in Canadian schools: Factors affecting student access to and use of information technology. Catalogue No. 81-597-XIE. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/030623/dq030623b-eng.htm.
Pagani, L., D. Larocque, R.E. Tremblay and P. Lapointe. 2003. "The impact of junior kindergarten on behaviour in elementary school children." International Journal of Behavioural Development 27(5): 423-427.
2002
Parrila, R., X. Ma, D. Fleming and C. Rinaldi. 2002. Development of prosocial skills. Applied Research Branch Working Paper Series, SP0550-12-02E. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources Development Canada.
