The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in … Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European … European average. Second, we examine whether the estimated returns to education have varied significantly over time. The …

to remedy. We also show that cognitive ability is not the only determinant of education, labor market outcomes and …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in … Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European … European average. Second, we examine whether the estimated returns to education have varied significantly over time. The …

-- human capital ; returns to education ; gender inequality …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

smaller economic returns, such as education and humanities degrees, especially for men. …This paper uses a college-by-graduate degree fixed effects estimator to evaluate the returns to 19 different graduate … degrees for men and women. We find substantial variation across degrees, and evidence that OLS over-estimates the returns to …

returns decline with more schooling, the marginal returns for women will tend to exceed those for men, especially in countries …'s education than father's. More educated women work more hours in the market labor force, broadening the tax base and thereby … expenditures toward women's education …