Human Resources and Social Development Canada has recently sent out 2 requests for proposals (RFP).
Amount: $26,000
Deadline:
Associate Dean (GPR): At least one week prior to the agency deadline (2-3 weeks if you wish to have feedback on your application – please submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: At least 3 days prior to the agency deadline
HRSDC: August 7, 2008
1. Do PISA scores at age 15 predict participation in post secondary education among Canadian youth?
The current availability of the fourth cycle of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), at which time the respondents are age 21, makes it ideal to study participation in post-secondary education.
The linkage of YITS with the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) allows for a better understanding of the role that early human capital has on participation in post-secondary education.
There is an emerging literature that uses these two data sets to study participation in post-secondary education, but it mainly focuses on the effects of financial aid and participation. The purpose of this study is to concretely develop an understanding of early human capital development on participation in post-secondary education.
The purpose of this RFP is to seek proposals for research which would use data from the first four cycles of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) – cohort A (see details about data availability in section 5) and the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to investigate pathways to post-secondary education among young Canadians in light of their PISA scores at age 15.
2. Does ability as measured by PISA scores affect early labour market outcomes among Canadian youth?
The current availability of the fourth cycle of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), at which time the respondents are age 21, makes it ideal to study early labour market outcomes. Studies have shown that many respondents who have not completed high school education have entered the labour markets. Others have completed high school but decided not to pursue post-secondary education, entering the labour market directly. At age 21, the first wave of them will have graduated (especially shorter post-secondary education programs) and started to join the labour market. Much literature has been devoted to early labour market outcomes, but the studies were limited to either types of institutions or fields of study. The linkage of PISA data to YITS permits analysis on how labour market outcomes vary among these groups in light of their ability as measured by PISA scores.
Also, while in post-secondary education many students engage in work. In addition to PISA scores, exposure to work while in post-secondary education or high school can also affect eventual labour market outcomes.
The purpose of this RFP is to seek proposals for research which would use data from the first four cycles of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) – cohort A (see details about data availability in section 5) and the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to investigate early labour market outcomes among young Canadians in light of their PISA scores at age 15.
NOTE: Applications must be processed through Research & Development Services (RD&S) and must be accompanied by a completed RDAF.
Since these RFPs are contract research, budgets will be affected by UWO’s Indirect Costs policy
Contact at HRSDC: Robert Hayman, Robert.hayman@servicecanada.gc.ca
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