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Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Differences in geopolitical regions of Nigeria are not debatable. However, there is no clear consensus on the dimension … using survey data from Nigeria between 1996-1999. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are used to test the null … hypothesis that there are no significant regional differences in labor market outcomes in Nigeria. The results are surprising …

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Within and Between Gender Disparities in Income and Education Benefits from Democracy

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

There is data evidence that welfare has improved post democracy in Nigeria. However, the distribution or concentration …, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is explored. I make use of simple econometric tools to test two null … in Nigeria. Second, there are no within gender disparities of the shift to democracy on income and returns to education …

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Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

these claims at the micro level. In this study, I focus on Nigeria a country that holds 1/5 of Africa’s population. I use … the changes in demand for education in Nigeria and the increased emigration rates from African countries that …

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Smoking, Discount Rates, and Returns to Education

Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Individual time preference determines schooling enrolment. Moreover, smoking behavior in early ages has been shown to be highly related to time preference rates. Accordingly, we use smoking at age 16 as an instrument for schooling in order to cope with ability bias in a returns to education...

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Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards as a Natural Experiment

Lofstrom, Magnus; Tyler, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper, we exploit an exogenous change in the passing standard required to obtain a General Educational Development (GED) credential to identify the impact of the GED on the quarterly earnings of male dropouts, utilizing the Texas Schools Micro Data Panel (TSMP). These unique data contain...

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The Wage Expectations of European College Students

Brunello, Giorgio; Lucifora, Claudio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

Expected earnings and expected returns to education are seen by labor economists as a major determinant of educational attainment. In spite of this, the empirical knowledge about expectations and their formation is scarce. In this paper we report the results of the first systematic study of the...

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Sheepskin or Prozac: The Causal Effect of Education on Mental Health

Chevalier, Arnaud; Feinstein, Leon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Mental illness is associated with large costs to individuals and society. Education improves various health outcomes but little work has been done on mental illness. To obtain unbiased estimates of the effect of education on mental health, we rely on a rich longitudinal dataset that contains...

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Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

recent analysis point to low average returns to education in some African countries including Nigeria. Given these low … the case of Nigeria. Following the sudden death of military general Sanni Abacha, Nigeria moved to democracy in 1999 … education is estimated using instrumental variables exploiting a quasi experiment in Nigeria. The results provide evidence that …

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Explaining Youth Labor Market Problems in Spain: Crowding-Out, Institutions, or Technology Shifts?

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

This paper examines the empirical evidence regarding the poor performance of the youth labor market in Spain over the last two decades, which entails very high unemployment for both higher and lower educated workers, symptoms of over-education, and low intensity of on-the-job training. It also...

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Employer Learning and the Returns to Schooling

Bauer, Thomas K.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We examine the dynamic role of education and experience as determinants of wages. It is hypothesized that an employee's education is an important signal to the employer initially. Over time, the returns to schooling should decrease with labor market experience and increase with initially...

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