Kelly Foley

I work and live on Treaty Six Territory and the traditional homeland of the Métis.

In 2019-2020, I am on Sabbatical at the Vancouver School of Economics (UBC).

My University of Saskatchewan Curriculum Vitae (abridged) : CV Updated April 2020

Pandemic Policy Briefs:

In response to the economic crisis generated by the Coronavirus pandemic, Christine Neill (WLU) and I have written two policy briefs discussing how the pandemic will affect on-going Post-Secondary students, and recent graduates, including a number of policy recommendations. Updated April 17, 2020.

These pieces are published in the School of Public Policy Paper Series at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy

• Post-Secondary Financial Aid the Pandemic
• The Pandemic and Recent Post-Secondary Graduates (forthcoming April 21, 2019)

Works in Progress:

• High School Math and Post-Secondary Schooling in Canada: What can we learn from inter-provincial comparisons?

Published Papers:

• Admissions Constraints and the Decision to Delay University, Joint with Fane Groes. Forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
  • Supplemental Appendices for "Admissions Constraints and Decision to Delay University"
  • Programs and information about Accessing Data--zip file
• The Gender Gap in University Enrollment: Do parents play a role beyond investing in skills? Published in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2019, 52(2): 441-489.
  • Supplemental Appendices for "The gender gap in university enrollment"
• Why More Education Will Not Solve Rising Inequality (and May Make It Worse) Joint with David Green
• Working paper version: Ability, Parental Valuations of Education and the High School Drop out Decision Joint with Giovanni Gallipoli and David Green Published in Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(4): 906-944.
  • Code via Giovanni's github and Read me file
• On-line appendix, for "Can Neighbourhoods Change the Decisions of Youth on the Margins of University Participation". Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45(1):167-188

Presentations:

• Socioeconomic differences in youth's reported expectations for further education (Slides)