Abstract
We improve upon the groundwork that began with “The Economic Impact of the
University of Windsor on the Tri-County Region” by Tselmuun Tserenkhuu (2017). We
quantify the economic impact of education, measured by the aggregate income differential
of graduates of the University of Windsor who have stayed within the tri-county region and
found employment and those who graduate from the local college. Using data provided by
the University of Windsor, Leddy Library and tri-county census data, we estimate (1)
number of graduates the university has produced each year, (2) fraction of graduates who
remain in the tri-county region, (3) fraction of graduates who find employment (4) the
cumulative economic impact through education of the University of Windsor, and (5) the
annual impact of the University of Windsor in 2016. Our results show that the original
estimate of this impact, of $42.93 billion in 2016 constant prices, was a good initial
estimate. Our use of real data has led to an estimate of about $45 billion.
Primary Advisor
Nurlan Turdaliev
Program Reader
Jay Rhee
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Economics
Document Type
Major Research Paper
Convocation Year
2018