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Sheepskin effects and heterogenous wage-setting behaviour : evidence from Mozambique
Jaeger, David A.; Jones, Sam - 2024
different kinds of firms. We propose a simple model of wage-setting in which productivity is only partially observable in some … firms and fully observable in others. In this setting, education serves both to enhance productivity and as a productivity … signal. Consistent with the theory, positions where productivity is likely to be less observable offer larger sheepskin …
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The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation : evidence from Mozambique
Jones, Sam; Sohnesen, Thomas Pave; Trifkovic, Neda - 2018
This paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique. This has been characterized by rapid economic growth, significant expansion of the schooling system, but also limited structural change in a labour market dominated by...
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Misinformed, mismatched, or misled? : explaining the gap between expected and realized graduate earnings in Mozambique
Jones, Sam; Santos, Ricardo; Xirinda, Gimelgo - 2020
Inaccurate expectations of future wages are found in many contexts. Yet, existing studies overwhelmingly refer to high-income countries, and there is little evidence regarding the sources of expectational errors. Based on a longitudinal survey of graduates from the six largest universities in...
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Schooling inequality, returns to schooling, and earnings inequality : evidence from Brazil and South Africa
Lam, David; Finn, Arden; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2015
Human capital models imply that both the distribution of education and returns to education affect earnings inequality. Decomposition of these 'quantity' and 'price' components have been important in understanding changes in earnings inequality in developed and developing countries. This paper...
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Subjective returns to education : rational expectations of disadvantaged groups in India
Balasubramanian, Pooja - 2020
This study uses data collected from school students in Mumbai to investigate how they perceive subjective expected returns for different levels of education in an environment that includes labour market discrimination. We are particularly keen to observe subjective returns to education for...
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Returns to education and wage inequality in Namibia : a gendered analysis
Samahiya, Obrein Muine; Wirba, Ebenezer Lemven - 2023
This paper estimates the returns to education and their implications for wage inequality using data from the 2015/16 Namibia Income and Expenditure Survey. The paper employs recentred influence function regression to analyse the impact of education across the wage distribution and uses a...
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Private returns to education for wage-employees and the self-employed in Uganda
Kavuma, Susan Namirembe; Morrissey, Oliver; Upward, Richard - 2015
The paper investigates the differences in private marginal returns to education between wage-employees and the self-employed in Uganda, using the Mincerian framework with pooled regression models. We use a two-wave household panel to estimate homogenous and heterogeneous private returns to...
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Education, skill, and earnings : further evidence from Ghana
Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014
results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be …
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Earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector : the role of firms, education, and top incomes 1994-2015
Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Machado, Cecilia; Pinho Neto, … - 2018
This paper documents the evolution and the determinants of earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector from 1994 to 2015, using establishment level data. In 2015, schooling explained 33 per cent of overall inequality. Firm-specific effects explain 65 per cent of total inequality level and...
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Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in Guatemala
Canelas, Carla; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2017
With the second largest indigenous population by percentage in Latin America, Guatemala is an important case for understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for consideration both of indigenous and ladino populations, as...
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