rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the estimation of the effect of overeducation on earnings. Oaxaca … tertiary education graduates, whereas job characteristics and low skill content of jobs explain most of the wage gap for medium …

on the skills premium and does accession to the European Union have an impact on the returns to education? The returns to … education in 28 transition and 20 non-transition countries in Europe and Central Asia are analyzed using panel data analysis and …

Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high-school. Unlike … previous research using Canadian data, our dataset allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find … strong evidence of positive ability selection into all levels of post-secondary education for men and weaker positive …

leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school … distribution of ability. Contrary to previous findings in the relevant literature, we find that additional education reduces wage … inequality below median income and increases it above median income. There is also evidence in our data that education and …

While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral … have earned in a job corresponding to their level of education. Using a unique pan-European dataset, we rely on two … alternative measures of over-education and control stepwise for four groups of covariates (i.e. socio-demographic characteristics …

very top of the education distribution. We highlight the importance of honors degrees for future labor market success in …