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Earnings returns to the British education expansion

Devereux, Paul J.; Fan, Wen - 2011

1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find that the expansion caused men to increase education by … about a year on average and gain about 8% higher wages; women obtained a slightly greater increase in education and a … obtain instrumental variables estimates of returns to schooling of about 6% for both men and women. -- return to education …

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Optimal contracts for renewable electricity

Parlane, Sarah; Ryan, Lisa - 2019

Companies are increasingly choosing to procure their power from renewable energy sources, with their own set of potential challenges. In this paper we focus on contracts to procure electricity from renewable sources that are inherently unreliable (such as wind and solar). We determine the...

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Towards renewable electricity in Europe : an empirical analysis of the determinants of renewable electricity development in the European Union

Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán; Ryan, Lisa - 2018

The twenty-first century must see a decarbonisation of electricity production to mitigate the flow of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. This paper presents an econometric analysis of the factors that motivate the use of renewable energy in electricity production using panel data from...

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Renewable energy technology uptake : public preferences and policy design in early adoption

Mukherjee, Sanghamitra Chattopadhyay; Meles, Tensay Hadush - 2020

This paper aims to understand what motivates the adoption of key renewable energy technologies (RET) in early adopter markets. Electrification of heat and transport, through the deployment of heat pumps, electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic panels, combined with renewable sources of...

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Rank effects in education: what do we know so far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...

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Gender and educational achievement : stylized facts and causal evidence

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021

There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and …

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More education, less volatility? : the effect of education on earnings volatility over the life cycle

Delaney, Judith M.; Devereux, Paul J. - 2017

Much evidence suggests that having more education leads to higher earnings in the labor market. However, there is … little evidence about whether having more education causes employees to experience lower earnings volatility or shelters them … evidence that education affects earnings volatility of older men. …

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