ability of individuals to finance this investment and the institutional characteristics of tertiary education systems …. Focusing on core tertiary education services, the paper presents new measures of private returns to tertiary education, the … institutional setting for supplying tertiary education and the availability of individual financing in OECD countries. Using a panel …

This study provides estimates of the private Internal Rates of Return (IRR) to tertiary education for women and men in …-country comparable individual-level data. Labour market premia are then adjusted for fiscal factors and education cost. Returns to an … additional year of tertiary education are, on average, above 8% and vary in a range from 4 to 15% in the countries and in the …

higher return to education than previous studies, we believe that this is primarily due to the better measurement of income … of return to schooling range from 9% to 39%. Overall, our findings suggest the Australian rate of return to education …

in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the … for higher ability individuals from poorer backgrounds. In addition we estimate the returns to education for those … distinguish its direct effect on earnings from the effect it had by increasing the quantity of education. We find that the main …

Many OECD countries are aiming to reform their tertiary education (TE) systems. This work explores the determinants of … with the autonomy and accountability of the supply of education. Lack or insufficient financial help to tertiary students …

the returns to education. …