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Do They Understand the Benefits from Education? Evidence on Dutch High School Students' Earnings Expectations
Mazza, Jacopo - 2011
students possess before their decision on tertiary education participation. The sample is prone to selective participation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124778
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If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability : Entrepreneurs versus Employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; van der Sluis, Justin - 2021
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325026
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Do they understand the benefits from education? : evidence on Dutch high school students’ earnings expectations
Mazza, Jacopo; Hartog, Joop - 2011
students possess before their decision on tertiary education participation. The sample is prone to selective participation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306855
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If you are so smart, why arent́ you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796310
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Why do we ignore the risk in schooling decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2014
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345125
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing … healthcare trainees in their third year of training. The main result is that those trainees (in upper-secondary education) who … expected a greater return from nursing college (tertiary education) were more likely to enroll in nursing college later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283119
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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2014
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352219
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Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing … healthcare trainees in their third year of training. The main result is that those trainees (in upper-secondary education) who … expected a greater return from nursing college (tertiary education) were more likely to enroll in nursing college later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307333
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Why do we ignore the risk in schooling decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Serrano, Luis Diaz - In: Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107054
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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761640