Some of my ongoing work is joint with colleagues in management, who do not make available Working papers before publication to preserve the integrity of double-blind reviews (I won't list here any, not even under different but relevant titles). A few of these Working papers are rather old but still dear to me - somehow I hope I'll eventually find my way back to them.
Antonie, L., Havaledar, M., and Plesca M. (2025) “The Gender Gap on Ontario’s Sunshine List”. Much older version, I should post the updated one soon (ask me for a more recent copy if interested).
(2025) Participation and returns to postsecondary schooling in Canada: trends by gender .
Plesca, M. & Manuel, N. (2020). "Career Mobility and Returns to Post-Secondary Education in Canada". (One of those: "hopefully we can still get back to it". )
Plesca, M. (2019). “Precarious employment and poverty”. Ditto.
Manuel, N. and Plesca, M. (2023) "Skill mismatch one year into the Covid pandemic."
Probably no longer actual, unless another pandemic hits.
"Women's Higher Returns to post-Secondary Education: Increased Productivity or Longer Hours Worked," (with Vincenzo Caponi).
"Women's Selection into School and Work," (with Vincenzo Caponi).
Mahboubi, P. and Plesca, M. (2018). "Human capital investment and skills of Canadian second generation immigrants." A version of this is available as Parisa's MA thesis in Guelph's Atrium.
Hammond, A. and Plesca, M. (2016). "The Impact of preschool Early Childhood Education on Adult Human Capital." A version of this is available as Amanda's MA thesis in Guelph's Atrium.