Welcome to the page of the Research Group on Human Capital’s Working Papers Series. These working papers serve to disseminate the findings from research done by the Group’s members.
- Munteanu, Andrei (2024), “School Choice, Student Sorting and Academic Performance,” Working Paper 24-03, Research Group on Human Capital, January 2024.
- Galama, Titus, Munteanu, Andrei, & Thom, Kevin (2024), “Intergenerational Persistence in the Effects of Compulsory Schooling in the U.S.,” Working Paper 24-02, Research Group on Human Capital, January 2024.
- Lawson, Nicholas (2024), “Discrimination and the Fiscal Benefits of Immigration,” Working Paper 24-01, Research Group on Human Capital, January 2024.
- Lefebvre, Pierre, & Merrigan, Philip (2023), “Enseignements du PIRLS-2021 sur la littéracie en lecture des élèves de 4e année : Comparaisons Québec, trois provinces canadiennes, six pays européens“, Working Paper 23-04, Research Group on Human Capital, November 2023 (in French).
- Connolly, Marie, Haeck, Catherine, & Le Bourdais-Coffey, Anne Mei (2023), “Age at Immigration and the Intergenerational Income Mobility of the 1.5 Generation,” Working Paper 23-03, Research Group on Human Capital, May 2023.
- Connolly, Marie, Fontaine, Marie Mélanie, & Haeck, Catherine (2023), “Child Penalties in Canada,” Working Paper 23-02, Research Group on Human Capital, April 2023.
- Felteau, Claude, & Lefebvre, Pierre (2023), “Can universal preschool education intensities counterbalance parental socioeconomic gradients? Repeated international evidence from Fourth graders skills achievement,” Working Paper 23-01, Research Group on Human Capital, February 2023.
- Haeck, Catherine, Lawson, Nicholas, and Poirier, Krystel (2022), “Estimating consumer preferences for different beverages using the BLP approach ,” Working Paper 22-01, Research Group on Human Capital, March 2022.
- Lefebvre, Pierre & Merrigan, Philip (2021), “Why Subsidize Independent Schools? Estimating the Effect of a Unique Canadian Schooling Model on Educational Attainment“, Working Paper 21-01, Research Group on Human Capital, April 2021.
- Connolly, Marie, & Catherine Haeck (2020), “Nonlinear Class Size Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development of Young Children,” Working Paper 18-01, Research Group on Human Capital, December 2020 (revised version).
- Lefebvre, Pierre, & Philip Merrigan (2020), “Les inégalités provinciales aux tests internationaux-nationaux de littéracie : Québec, Ontario et autres provinces canadiennes 1993-2018,” Working Paper 20-02, Research Group on Human Capital, October 2020 (revised version, in French).
- Pierre-Loup Beauregard, Marie Connolly, Catherine Haeck, & Tímea Laura Molnár (2020), “Primary School Reopenings and Parental Work,” Working Paper 20-06, Research Group on Human Capital, August 2020.
- Marie Connolly, Catherine Haeck, & Jean-William Laliberté (2020), “Parental Education and the Rising Transmission of Income between Generations,” Working Paper 20-05, Research Group on Human Capital, June 2020.
- Catherine Haeck, & Pierre Lefebvre (2020), “Trends in Cognitive Skills Inequalities by Socioeconomic Status across Canada,” Working Paper 20-04, Research Group on Human Capital, May 2020.
- Catherine Haeck, & Pierre Lefebvre (2020), “Pandemic School Closures May Increase Inequality in Test Scores,” Working Paper 20-03, Research Group on Human Capital, June 2020 (forthcoming, Canadian Public Policy). Supplementary material available here.
- Garon, Jean-Denis, Catherine Haeck, & Simon Bourassa-Viau (2020), “Going Back to School Takes Time: Evidence from a Negative Trade Shock,” Working Paper 20-01, Research Group on Human Capital, January 2020.
- Haeck, Catherine & Marie Connolly (2019), “Point de vue sur l’accessibilité aux données des administrations publiques,” Working Paper 19-04, Research Group on Human Capital, December 2019 (in French).
- Connolly, Marie, Catherine Haeck, & David Lapierre (2019), “Social Mobility Trends in Canada: Going up the Great Gatsby Curve,” Working Paper No. 19-03, Research Group on Human Capital, May 2019 (revised version).
- Connolly, Marie, Miles Corak, & Catherine Haeck (2019), “Intergenerational Mobility between and within Canada and the United States,” Working Paper No. 19-02, Research Group on Human Capital, April 2019 (published in the Journal of Labor Economics).
- Haeck, Catherine, Samuel Paré, Pierre Lefebvre, & Philip Merrigan (2019), “Paid Parental Leave: Leaner Might Be Better,” Working Paper No. 19-01, Research Group on Human Capital, March 2019 (published in Canadian Public Policy).
- Leblond-Létourneau, Martin, Pierre Lefebvre, & Philip Merrigan (2018), “L’héritage de l’éducation sur 25 ans : Une comparaison des tendances au Québec et dans le reste du Canada,” Working Paper No. 18-02, Research Group on Human Capital, November 2018 (in French).
- Lapierre, David, Pierre Lefebvre, & Philip Merrigan (2017), “Long Term Educational Attainment of Private High School Students in Québec: Estimates of Treatment Effects from Longitudinal Data,” Working Paper No. 16-02, Research Group on Human Capital, December 2017 (revised version).
- Haeck, Catherine, & Pierre Lefebvre (2016), “A Simple Recipe: the Effect of a Prenatal Nutrition Program on Child Health at Birth,” Working Paper No. 14-01, Research Group on Human Capital, May 2016 (published in Labour Economics).
- Haeck, Catherine, Pierre Lefebvre, Philip Merrigan, & David Lapierre (2016), “Evidence on Maternal Health from Two Large Canadian Parental Leave Expansions: When is Enough Too Much?,” Working Paper No. 14-02, Research Group on Human Capital, December 2016 (revised version–first version circulated under different title).
- Lefebvre, Pierre (2016), “Socioeconomic Gradient Literacy and Numeracy Skills of 15-year-olds across Canadian Provinces and Years using the PISA Surveys (2000-2012),” Working Paper No. 16-03, Research Group on Human Capital, December 2016.
- Lefebvre, Pierre (2016), “La contribution de l’école privée au Québec à la littératie et à la numératie des 15 ans : une analyse par effets de traitement,” Working Paper No. 15-03, Research Group on Human Capital, September 2016 (in French–revised version) (published in L’Actualité économique: Revue d’analyse économique).
- Lapierre, David, Pierre Lefebvre, & Philip Merrigan (2016), “Les résultats éducatifs de long terme des élèves de l’école secondaire privée au Québec : une évaluation des effets de traitement avec données longitudinales,” Working Paper No. 16-01, Research Group on Human Capital, August 2016 (in French).
- Lebihan, Laëtitia, Catherine Haeck, Pierre Lefebvre, & Philip Merrigan (2015), “Universal Childcare and Longer-Run Effects on Parental Health and Behaviors: Evidence from a Canadian Universal Child Care Program,” Working Paper No. 15-04, Research Group on Human Capital, November 2015.
- Haeck, Catherine, Laëtitia Lebihan, & Philip Merrigan (2015), “Universal childcare and long-term effects on child well-being: Evidence from Canada,” Working Paper No. 15-02, Research Group on Human Capital, July 2015 (published in the Journal of Human Capital).
- Haeck, Catherine (2015), “Connecting the Dots: The Early Impacts of Increased Paid Maternity Leave on Child Development,” Working Paper No. 15-01, Research Group on Human Capital, February 2015.