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Wage determination and returns to education in different ownerships of China: Evidence from quantile regressions
Chunbing, XING - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 2 (2007) 1, pp. 114-136
In this paper, quantile regressions is used to estimate wage equations of different ownerships. Quantile regressions give us distributions rather than a single estimate of the returns both to education and experience in each ownership sector. For state-owned enterprises (SOE), the returns to...
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Conscription and the returns to education: Evidence from a regression discontinuity
mouganie, pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In 1997, the French government put into effect a law that permanently exempted young French male citizens born after Jan 1, 1979 from mandatory military service while still requiring those born before that cutoff date to serve. This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to identify the...
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The Economic Returns to Field of Study and Competencies Among Higher Education Graduates in Ireland
Kelly, Elish; O'Connell, Philip; Smyth, Emer - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008
This paper looks at the economic returns to different fields of study in Ireland in 2004 and also the value placed on various job-related competencies, accumulated on completion of higher education, in the Irish labour market. In examining these issues the paper seeks to control for potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005581326
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Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?
Björklund, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We explore the adoption data approach to estimating causal effects of parental education and income on the same … mother’s or father’s education raises children’s education by about 0.1 year. Our estimated income elasticities are around 0.1. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822412
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The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data
Björklund, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
, for the intergenerational association in education and income. We find that both pre- and post-birth factors contribute to …’s income. We also find some evidence for a positive interaction effect between post-birth environment and pre-birth factors. …
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School Achievement and Labour Market Outcomes
Marks, Gary; Ainley, John - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1999
Achieving well in school, and completing Year 12, have significant employment and earnings outcomes for young people a … decade or more after leaving school. Early school leavers have less chance of securing full-time employment, and a …
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Quality of education and the labour market: A conceptual and literature overview
Moses, Eldridge - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2011
. This paper concludes that education output quality, particularly the ability of a school system to impart cognitive skills …
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
supply shocks as instruments and controlling for proxies for ability and school quality, suggesting that high …
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Does education raise productivity, or just reflect it?
Chevalier, Arnaud; Harmon, Colm; Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2002
changes in the minimum school leaving age in the seventies. Using this idea we find that data in the UK appears to strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269226
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Park, Albert; Giles, John; Wang, Meiyan - HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), … - 2015
supply shocks as instruments and controlling for ability and school quality, suggesting that high-ability students select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266963