Raising the quality of education has been one of the main objectives of the current government in Britain. By devoting more resources to the education sector, it is expected that pupils will achieve higher educational attainment by the time their years of compulsory schooling ends. This study...

We investigate the impact of trade liberalization on wages and the returns to education in Brazil. Our pseudo-panel estimates of the returns are significantly lower than OLS estimates, signifying omitted ability bias in traditional cross-section estimated returns in developing countries. Trade...

Eine Synopse aktueller Forschungsliteratur zeigt, dass sich die Höhe der qualifikatorischen Bildungsrenditen zwischen Studien unterscheidet. Die Autorinnen untersuchen empirisch, ob die Variation der Renditen systematisch vom gewählten Datensatz abhängt. Die qualifikatorischen...

"Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well...