What was the return to education in the United States at mid-century? In 1940, the correlation between years of … return to education to recent studies implemented similarly. We find that the return to education was relatively low in 1940 …, with each additional year of schooling increasing labor earnings by approximately 4%. Returns to education were evident …

Many economists and educators of diverse political beliefs favor public support for education on the premise that a … between education and voting for the US, but not for the UK. Using the information on validated voting, we find that …

This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling …

period from 1959 to 1995. Estimates based on a version of the model with two education groups high school equivalent and … (around 5) while the elasticity of substitution between the two education groups is about 2.5. We also examine data for the … supplies in interpreting movements in education-related wage differentials …

A long-standing issue in the literature on education is whether marginal returns to education fall as education rises … education fall as a greater fraction of the population enrolls. This paper proposes a nonparametric method of estimating … marginal treatment effects in heterogeneous populations, and applies it to this question, examining returns to higher education …

We apply a new estimator to the measurement of the economic returns to education. We control for endogenous education …, unobserved ability and measurement error using only the natural heteroscedasticty of wages and education attainment. Our prefered …

provide low-quality education. In this paper I examine this claim using a 1947 reform that increased the minimum school …, among other things, large classes and a curriculum that promoted practical education. I conclude that my findings shed new …