Non-linear PSE pathways and credential accumulation: Statistical portrait and evaluation of labour market outcomes. - Chaire-réseau de recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec

Notice bibliographique

St-Denis, X., Boujija, Y. et Sartor, S. (2021). Non-linear PSE pathways and credential accumulation: Statistical portrait and evaluation of labour market outcomes. Ontario Council for Articulation and Transfers (ONCAT).

Résumé

The conventional model for educational trajectories expects students to graduate from high school before completing, in many cases, a post-secondary degree or certificate in a college, university, or other institution. Among those completing a Bachelor’s degree, it is expected that some of them will obtain a post-graduate degree, in a linear progression through a set of well-ordered transitions between degrees. In contrast, this project is motivated by a need to describe the population of post-secondary students who instead follow non-linear or non-conventional education pathways. It draws on data from the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults, Waves 1-4. We set out to accomplish two objectives: 1) to present a statistical portrait of different educational pathways in Ontario and in Canada in order to identify the share of post-secondary students who follow non-conventional pathways such as completing several postsecondary degrees or certificate at the Bachelor level or below; 2) to evaluate the employment and labour market outcomes associated with different educational pathways (earnings, over-qualification, etc.). We also explore the interaction between different educational pathways and parental education or immigration backgrounds.