This paper estimates private returns to education in Mexico by means of the Mincer model. The natural ability bias that the literature reports in this type of estimations is tried to be solved using the control function method. Through this method some variables relevant to wage determination...

This paper estimates private returns to education in Mexico by means of the Mincer model. The natural ability bias that the literature reports in this type of estimations is tried to be solved using the control function method. Through this method some variables relevant to wage determination...

La demanda de educación depende del conjunto de decisiones que toman los hogares, pero en el área rural la decisión de demandar educación debe ser puesta en un contexto adecuado. Por una parte, la alta participación de menores en actividades destinadas a generar ingresos, hace que, en...