THE PRIVATE AND TOTAL RETURNS TO EDUCATION IN CANADA, 1985

The purpose of this paper is to present private and public rates of re turn to schooling in Canada by level and, for bachelor's degrees, by h eld of study, The paper is divided into three parts. In the first part , the analytical framework used is discussed and results of previous s tudies are reviewed. In the second part, the data and methodology are described, In the third part, results are presented and analysed, The results show the importance of completing a minimum level of schooling (high school), a decrease in rates of return to schooling with an inc rease in the level of schooling, differences between men, and women, a nd differences among fields of study.