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Quantitative Analysis
and Methods
Elizabeth Dhuey
Quantitative Analysis and Methods
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Growing Pains: Parenthood and the gender training gap
To ensure women don’t get left behind, policymakers and employers need to make on-the-job training more accessible to women with childcare and other...
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Worth the Trip? Assessing the Returns to Foreign Education
This report reveals a worrying disconnect between the capabilities of immigrants and the likelihood of their skills and credentials will be...
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Training and skills development policy options
Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense...
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Canada’s skills training programs recommendations
Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense...
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Skilling Up for the Knowledge Economy
STEM jobs still pay more in spite of the increasing importance of “soft skills.” That said, being bilingual in Canada’s official languages offers an...
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Who gets to define 21st century skills?
Over the last two decades, consensus around what abilities people need to thrive in the global economy has coalesced around a set of core skills:...
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Providing more flexible work options for women
Flexible work helps women achieve a more sustainable work-life balance, but they have less access to those options than men. Could the pandemic...
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Navigating Choppy Waters
As the pandemic continues to complicate revenue streams, online-only degree programs can provide a financial lifeline to higher education.
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Understanding 21st century skills needed in response to Industry 4.0
International policy agendas are increasingly focusing on the 21st century skills needed by future workers (otherwise called soft skills, digital...
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Increasing engagement with online learning platforms for unemployed youth
Exposure to online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and EdX has been increasing. However, keeping people engaged once they...
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Improving young children’s peer collaboration in early educational settings
Peer collaboration is a foundational skill that emerges in early childhood. Children spend significant time in early educational settings, making it...
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Training and Skills Development Policy Options for the Changing World of Work
This article offers a critical assessment of empirical knowledge regarding labour market training and skills development in an era of technological...
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Will the Increased Investment in Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada Pay off? It Depends!
This article explores the potential impact of the increased investment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Canada. With a...
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Unequal and Increasingly Unfair: How Federal Policy Creates Disparities in Special Education Funding
The formula used to allocate federal funding to US states for special education is one of IDEA's most critical components. The formula serves as the...
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More Money Is Not Enough: (Re)Considering Policy Proposals to Increase Federal Funding for Special Education
New policy proposals to increase funding for the American Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)—including recent efforts by the...
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Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects on Maternal Labor Supply
We examine the effects of offering full-day kindergarten as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers’ labor supply using the rollout of...
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Better public child care is the engine we need for recovery post-coronavirus
On June 12, 2020, child-care centres in Ontario reopened following a lengthy period of lockdowns. This commentary article urges government action to...
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Parental Employment Effects of Switching from Half-Day to Full-Day Kindergarten: Evidence from Ontario’s French Schools
Full-day kindergarten programs are expanding across North America, driven by a policy focus on early childhood development. These programs also...
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Redefining Learning After COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives and how organizations serve their communities, especially newcomers to Canada. In response to these...
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Promoting equity in hiring: An evaluation of the HireNext Job Posting Assessment
The language used in job postings can deter applicants and contribute to the employment gap, which refers to high rates of youth unemployment...
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