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Selection Bias, Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Returns to Education: Evidence from China in 2000
Heckman, James Joseph; Li, Xuesong - 2003
This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use recently developed semiparametric methods to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274202
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James Joseph; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
complementarities in skill formation. Investments in the human capital of children should expand relative to investment in older workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274258
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306416
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The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314876
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The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322528