The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By … market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …

relevant parameter for the UK, namely the return from attaining any academic qualification compared to leaving school at the … survey errors. Third, by using the unique nature of our data, we assess how the biases from measurement error and from … omitted ability and family background variables interact in the estimation of returns. On the methodological front, we propose …

international literature on the measured incidence of educational mismatch and its earnings effects. We use a rich Australian … longitudinal data set for a controlled group of full-time employed workers. Using panel data estimation, we address individual … heterogeneity and measurement error, which are important in educational mismatch analysis. We show that alternative methods of …

subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market effects may be more imminent for students leaving school directly for the labor … that central exams are indeed associated with higher earnings for students from school types directly bound for the labor … market, as well as with lower unemployment. -- central exit exams ; earnings ; unemployment ; Germany …

school quality cannot be easily captured by any type of rankings because students with differing characteristics and … abilities benefit from different school inputs. To do so, I estimate a dynamic structural model of cognitive skills accumulation … each student would have achieved in every school in the sample. Notably, the school environment has a crucial impact on the …

various years to examine the relationship between cohort-level private schooling rates and later earnings during adulthood. We … attainment. We find a significant positive relationship between private schooling rates and adult earnings for women but a small …

programs and schools of higher reputation obtain higher earnings relative to vocational public programs. A one standard … deviation increase in each skill predicts average earnings increases of one to three percent. Returns vary along the earnings …

, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the … affected school years without adjusting the core curriculum. The loss of classroom instruction was mainly compensated for by … the policy on earnings and employment over almost the entire occupational career. Plausible mechanisms behind the …