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Estimating returns to education when the IV sample is selective
Wang, Le - In: Labour Economics 21 (2013) C, pp. 74-85
particularly worrisome, suggesting that the previous IV results are robust. In particular, using China Household Income Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636425
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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822408
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Selection Bias, Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Returns to Education: Evidence from China in 2000
Heckman, James J.; Li, Xuesong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use recently developed semiparametric methods to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822541
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The Aggregate Labour Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997--2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labour market outcomes. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123553
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Earnings Differentials and Returns to Education in China, 1995-2008
Cui, Yuling; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper estimates the returns to education of rural-urban migrants during the period of transition of China's economy between 1995 and 2008. Using data from CHIP and RUMiC, we find that rural migrants' earning differentials with urban residents are substantial and mainly depend on the type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734416
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Estimating Returns to Education when the IV Sample is Selective
Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
particularly worrisome, suggesting that the previous IV results are robust. In particular, using China Household Income Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705562
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Heterogeneous Returns to Education Over Wage Distribution: Who Prots the Most?
Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013
This study presents evidence of heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution. The authors use instrumental variable quantile regression and data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to identify the causal link between education and wages at dierent quantiles of the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148699
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Left with Bias? Quantile Regression with Measurement Error in Left Hand Side Variables
Stacy, Brian - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für … - 2014
This paper examines the effect of measurement error in the dependent variable on quantile regression, because unlike OLS regression, even classical measurement error can generate bias. I examine the pattern and size of the bias using both simulation and an empirical example. The simulations...
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Is India Shining?
Banerjee, Anurag; Banik, Nilanjan - Department of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2011
income distribution, as in Quah's twin peaks hypothesis. In this article we test this hypothesis by studying the spatial … dynamics of income distribution. Using district-level per-capita income we find that the income distribution has not changed …. The perception about economic reforms having benefitted only the rich is not correct because income growth across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294133
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The curse of being landlocked: Institutions rather than trade
Carmignani, Fabrizio - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, … - 2012
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