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TORBEN DREWES

Professor

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office: GCS 347
Phone: 705.748.1011 x.7545
Email: tdrewes@trentu.ca

Office Hours: On leave, fall 2011

INTERESTS:

  • Economics of Higher Education
  • Labour Economics

COURSES 2011/2012

Econ-Admn 2200H - Introduction to Statistics for Economics & Management

Econ 3510H - Labour Economics

Econ 4040 - Research Methodology in Economics

WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Standardized Test Scores Among Youth and Future Labour Market Outcomes

  • “Not in Employment, Education or Training” Behaviour Among Canadian Youth

RECENT RESEARCH

  • “Liberal Arts Degrees and the Labour Market”, Perspectives on Labour and Income, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 27-33 (with Philip Giles, Statistics Canada), 2002.  Reprinted in Education Quarterly Review, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 19-25.

  • “Post-Secondary Education in Canada:  Returns to University, College and Trades Education”, Canadian Public Policy , Vol. 32, No. 1, 2006, pp. 1-21. (with D. Boothby).

  • “How Do Students Choose A University?: An Analysis of Applications to Universities in Ontario, Canada”, Research in Higher Education, Vol. 47, No. 7, pp. 781-800, 2006 (with C. Michael).

  • “Gender Differences in High School Grades:  Causes and Possible Impacts on the University Gender Gap”, in R. Finnie, M. Frenette, R. Mueller and A. Sweetman (eds.), Pursuing Higher Education in Canada:  Economic, Social and Policy Dimensions, School of Policy Studies, Queens University, Kingston:  McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010, pp. 43-64.

  • “High School Grading Standards”, MESA Project Research Paper, Educational Policy Institute, 2009.

  • “Returns to Apprenticeship Training”, Canadian Labour and Skills Research Network Working Paper, 2010.

  • “Impact of Proficiency on Early Entrants to the Labour Market:  Evidence from the YITS”, OECD Education Working Paper No. 29, 2010.

  • “Returns to University, College and Trades Education in Canada:  1980 to 2005”, CD Howe Institute Commentary, in press (with D. Boothby)

RECENT REPORTS COMMISSIONED

  • “Labour Force Projections:  The Role of the Education-Age Gradient”, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, May 2006.

  • “A Profile of Canadian Savers and Non-Savers”, Learning Branch, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Learning Research Series, June 2006.

  • “Analysis of the Impact of Savings on the Decision to Pursue Post-Secondary Education”, Canada Education Savings Program, Learning Branch, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, March 2007.

  • “The Private Returns to University Education in the Natural Sciences and Engineering”, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,  September 2007.

  • “Accessibility in Ontario Post-Secondary Education:  An Interprovincial Comparative Analysis”, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, June 2008.

  • “Adult Education and Training in Canada”, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, March 2008.

  • “Assessing the Need and Potential for an OCAS/OUAC Based Survey of Postsecondary Applicants in Ontario”, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, January 2009 (with F. Deller).

  • “Does Ability as Measured by PISA Scores Affect Early Labour Market Outcomes Among Canadian Youth”, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, March 2009.

  • “Post-Secondary Education Participation Rates of Students From Middle Income Families”, Human Resources and Social Development Canada”, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, May 2009.

  • “Post-Secondary Education and the Labour Market in Ontario”, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, Research Paper, 2010.

  • “How Do Youth Finance Their Post-Secondary Education?  Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey”, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010.

  • “Support for and Returns to Adult Education and Training”, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010.

  • “Completion Patterns of Canada Student Loan Borrowers and Grant Recipients”, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010.