1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The major objective of this paper was to use Canadian data to investigate the possible association between public educational spending and intergenerational educational mobility. To empirically analyse this issue, this study focuses on the level of government educational spending each child experienced at ages thirteen to seventeen.» (p. 336)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«It is assumed that by helping families to overcome credit constraints, public expenditures in education create equal opportunities for children from different backgrounds.» (p. 336)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«This study uses Canadian data from the GSS [General Social Surveys]-2011 (Family). […] This study restricted the sample to individuals who were ages twenty-five to thirty-five in 2011; correspondingly, the sample size for the current study is 2613.» (p. 338)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«This study finds that children’s education is significantly correlated with father’s education. However, the strength of the correlation declines with an increase in provincial educational spending. In other words, public educational spending positively affects intergenerational educational mobility. To check the robustness of these results, the study compares son’s and daughter’s education with father’s education. Furthermore, this study also compares children’s education with both father’s and mother’s education. In all cases, the results show that intergenerational educational elasticity declines with an increase in provincial educational spending. This result has important policy implications, particularly at a time when Canada is concerned about growing income inequality. The major finding of the study [is] that public educational spending positively affects intergenerational educational mobility […].» (p. 349) Cette étude dresse des comparaisons interprovinciales et comporte donc des données sur le Québec.