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Education and the Economy: Impacts Beyond the Labor Market

CIRANO

Monday 1 Dec 2025
From 9AM To 4PM

The conference "Education and the Economy: Impacts Beyond the Labor Market" brings together researchers to reflect on how education influences more than just career paths. Throughout the day, presentations cover a wide range of topics, from personality and academic achievement to mental health and child and adult development, to better understand how school shapes individuals and society. The event aims to encourage dialogue between universities and showcase the rich connections between education, the economy, and collective well-being.

 

Program

8:30 - 9:00
Welcome
9:00 - 9:15
Welcoming Remarks
Raquel Fonseca, Andrei Munteanu, Marie Connolly
9:15 - 10:00
Malleable Minds: The Effects of STEM- vs. Humanities-Focused Curricula
Andrei Munteanu
10:00 - 10:45
Inferring Personality from Writing: Childhood Essays and Long-Run Outcomes
10:45 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 12:00
The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Sarah Cohodes
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
Grade Repetition and Household Responses in a Low-Income Setting
Gabrielle Vasey
13:45 - 14:30
The Spillover Impacts of Charter Schools
Angela Crema
14:30 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Relative Age, ADHD, and Early Child Development in Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study
15:30 - 15:45
Dynamic Returns to Numeracy Skills
15:45 - 16:00
Discussion Period and Closing Remarks

Location


1130 Rue Sherbrooke O #1400, Montréal, QC H3A 2M8, Canada