Refugees and Canadian Post-Secondary Education: Characteristics and Economic Outcomes in Comparison. Ethnicity, Language and Immigration Thematic Series

This study draws on data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database to examine participation in Canadian post-secondary education (PSE) among adult immigrants in the 2002-2005 landing cohort, with an explicit focus on resettled refugees. The study describes the demographic characteristics of participants, the characteristics of participation, and the economic returns on investment in Canadian PSE. It also employs multivariate regression analysis to further examine the effects of participation in Canadian PSE on employment incidence and the income of those employed, while controlling for other factors associated with successful economic integration. [This paper was written with the support of Scott McLeish, Tristan Cayn, and André Bernard.]