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Social returns to education in a developing country
Filiztekin, Alpay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
workers with lower skills, or working in sectors with lower average wages benefit most from externalities. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372568
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Conscription and the returns to education: Evidence from a regression discontinuity
mouganie, pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
graduation rates, or in employment and wages. Additional evidence shows conscription has no direct effect on earnings, suggesting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212582
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Quality of higher education and earnings: Regression discontinuity evidence from the French Baccalaureate
Canaan, Serena; Mouganie, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
An emerging body of literature examines the economic returns to quality of postsecondary education. This literature has predominantly focused on the returns to the most selective universities. However, less is known about the extent to which these gains are realized for the academically marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212787
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Моделиране на възвращаемостта от образование и реализация на притежателите на докторски степени на пазара на труда в България...
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa; Panayotova, Nataliya; Ganev, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this study we present the theoretical framework of the so called Mincerian equations used for modelling returns to education. Then, we construct a conceptual framework which allows us to answer the question “What happens to doctoral degree holders in the labour market?”. We analyse data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260712
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Education and Wage Inequality in Portugal
Budria, Santiago; Nunes, Celso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This article summarises the recent literature on the relationship between inequality in wages and education for … measures of over-education, particularly among younger cohorts. Since schooling mis-matches are associated with lower wages … associ-ated with higher wages and appear to act as remedial education. Less educated individuals are less likely to get …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837544
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Does university choice drive graduates’ employability?
Ciriaci, Daria; Muscio, Alessandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Universities have come under increasing pressure to become key drivers of economic development in the age of the knowledge economy. Yet we know very little about the impact of university quality and scientific excellence on the probability of graduates finding jobs. This paper investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490563
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Education, Educational Mismatch, and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Spain
Budria, Santiago; Moro-Egido, Ana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
qualification are not associated with lower wages, strong mismatch carries a pay penalty that ranges from 13% to 27%. Thus, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616902
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Language Skills and Economic Returns
Garrouste, Christelle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article focuses on the contributions from the emerging positivist epistemological approach, endorsed by the economics of language and the economics of education, to study the returns to language skills, assuming that language competencies constitute key components of human capital. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645134
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Effects of manufacturing dynamics on returns to education in the North of Mexico
Caamal Olvera, Cinthya G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the pattern of the labor market appraisal of workers’ schooling, focusing on the Northern regions of the country. The manufacturing industry is studied in particular since a large part of the economic activity is located in the North, relative to the rest of the country’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107872
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La elección del sector laboral y los retornos a la educación en Guatemala
Alejos, Luis Alejandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper estimates the returns to education in Guatemala, while attempting to account for self-employment and the presence of workers without monetary earnings in the economy, factors whose omission can potentially lead to sample selection bias. The analysis uses data from the Survey of Living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110200