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have positive impacts on young women's wages. We find evidence of ability sorting, but controlling for ability, women who … attend higher quality colleges earn higher wages. Women receive smaller gains from college quality than do men; black women … earn more than those who attend public colleges, and women earn lower wages, the higher the proportion of their college …
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have substantial positive impacts on young men's wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative …
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which log-wages are explained by two endogenous variables: the student's degree and the student's time to degree, not simply … by years of education. Log-wages are regressed on a measure of education, which is a position on a scale of certificates … parameters. We find a robust, significant and negative impact of the delay variable on wages, averaged over the first five years …
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) and overestimates the cost-of-living for “cheaper” regions (Northern Ireland, Scotland). When deflating hourly wages by … the regional RPI, the average level of wages is lower from 8% to 11% an hour for all workers in London and the South East …% in levels when deflating wages by the real regional RPI. …
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We empirically test the positive relationship between market access and wages stated by New Economic Geography …
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We empirically test the positive relationship between market access and wages stated by New Economic Geography …
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In this study we present the theoretical framework of the so called Mincerian equations used for modelling returns to education. Then, we construct a conceptual framework which allows us to answer the question “What happens to doctoral degree holders in the labour market?”. We analyse data...
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Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled …
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associated with males’ wages. For females, however, this relationship does not hold. In addition, using measures of the degree to … that business education enhanced their ethical character, the lower their wages, holding other aspects of their education …
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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...
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