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The Rate of Return to Private Schooling
Wright, Robert E. - 1999
This paper examines the relationship between ?school quality? and earnings in the United Kingdom. The specific focus is on evaluating the effect that private schooling has on hourly wage rates. It is well known that private (i.e. fee-paying) schools compared to state schools score higher on most...
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Who Pays for General Training? New Evidence for British Men and Women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training – controlling for its financing method – on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262766
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Measuring Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education in Norway Using Educational Reforms
Aakvik, Arild; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Vaage, Kjell - 2003
returns as measured by wages. Also, we find that the average treatment effect is surprisingly high for medium … return in wages, although we do not consider the cost to society. We also find that there is a substantial difference between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261552
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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 - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262052
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On the Returns to Training in Portugal
Budría, Santiago; Pereira, Pedro Telhado - 2004
This paper investigates the earnings effects of training in the Portuguese labour market. We use the Portuguese Labour Force Survey to classify training according to multiple criteria, including providing institution, purpose, duration, and content of the training activity. First, we establish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271827
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Overeducation and mismatch in the labor market
Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
literature in which wages are regressed on years of overschooling, years of required schooling and years of underschooling is at … best loosely related to this original motivation. We discuss measurement and estimation issues and give an overview of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278386
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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2004
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261948
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Graduate employment in the UK: an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model
Grazier, Suzanne; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2008
There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate markups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268793
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Work-Related Training and Wages : An Empirical Analysis for Male Workers in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - 2004
on wages which can be seen as a lower bound for the effects on productivity. Based on panel data from the Swiss Labour … together, there are significant effects of work-related training on wages of roughly 2% for each training event. There is some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261839
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Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain
Battu, Harminder; Sloane, Peter J. - 2002
This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262245