To our knowledge, this paper provides the first study evaluating the effects of higher education for adults on the … education in 1992–1993. Our sample is aged 42–55 at the time of enrollment and thus aged 60–73 in 2010. We find that higher … education increases labor market survival rates when aged 61–66 by about 5 percentage points. The estimates represent relatively …

This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1980-1982 recession on education and income. Using confidential Census … capita in their county of birth reduces four-year college degree attainment by 10 percent and income in adulthood by 3 … graduates and $42-$87 billion less earned income per year. …

This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital … such increases are still an open question. We use census data to document the overall increase in education-related income …

‘income’). This is the caseeven when estimating individual fixed effects of the differential returns to education for spellsin … instrumentalvariables to cope with the endogenous nature of education in income equations. Finally, wefind (indirect) support for the …How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’?What might explain any differences …