In this paper we analyse educational choices and earnings of individuals at two different levels in the Portuguese … decision, whereas normally only the first decision is modelled. Correlation between the error terms of the earnings functions … find empirical support for the existence of selectivity bias as the errors of the earnings functions are correlated with …

status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the …

We examine the impact of parental education on the shape of an individual's experience-earnings profile. A number of … earnings. Our empirical analysis of US data suggests that this is indeed the case. Higher parental education shifts the … earnings profile significantly to the left - the profile of individuals with parents who both have 15 years of education peaks …

payoff to schooling in the growing literature on earnings determination in China. The payoffs to actual years of schooling …

across the conditional distribution of earnings. The results show that the return is lower for higher quantiles, suggesting …

entering higher education or employment. The estimates for earnings functions show large differences across gender with males …

between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey …, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as administrative earnings data. Our results indicate that earnings …

between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey …, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as administrative earnings data. Our results indicate that earnings …