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Real wage inequality
Moretti, Enrico (contributor) - 2008
A large literature has documented a significant increase in the return to college over the past 30 years. This increase is typically measured using nominal wages. I show that from 1980 to 2000, college graduates have increasingly concentrated in metropolitan areas that are characterized by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758957
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Scientific (wo)manpower? : gender and the composition and earnings of PhDs in Sweden
Amilon, Anna (contributor); Persson, Inga (contributor);  … - 2008
the stock of PhDs in 2004, this paper analyses to what extent men and women choose academic versus non-academic employment … less than PhDs outside academia. Gender earnings differences are larger in the academic than in the non-academic labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784385
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The return to a university education in Great Britain
Sloane, Peter J. (contributor); O'Leary, Nigel (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002120375
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
Grip, Andries de; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009
Using a dataset of science and engineering graduates from 12 European countries, we analyse the determinants of labour migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour market opportunities, past migration experience,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872700
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Wage returns to university disciplines in Greece : are Greek higher education degrees Trojan horses?
Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2009
This paper examines the wage returns to qualifications and academic disciplines in the Greek labour market. Exploring …-data from recently available waves (2002-2003) of the Greek Labour Force Survey (LFS), the returns to academic disciplines are …. -- Academic disciplines ; wage returns ; higher education ; Greece …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900572
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Class size and class heterogeneity
De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009
We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … ; experimental evidence ; academic performance ; wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900584
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The determinants of education-job match among Canadian university graduates
Boudarbat, Brahim; Chernoff, Victor - 2009
This study uses data from the Follow-up of Graduates Survey - Class of 2000, to look at the determinants of education-job match among Canadian university graduates. From a public policy perspective, the question of education-job match is relevant given the substantial investment society puts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905691
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Rates of return to university education : the regression discontinuity design
Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Wei, Zhichao; Zhao, Guochang - 2010
Estimating the rate of return to a university degree has always been difficult due to the problem of omitted variable biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university entry, combined with a unique data set with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939256
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Job mismatches and labour market outcomes : panel evidence on australian university graduates
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2010
The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779138
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Post-secondary education in Canada : can ability bias explain the earnings gap between college and university graduates?
Caponi, Vincenzo (contributor); Plesca, Miana (contributor) - 2007
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...
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