1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital … estimating the returns to education and experience. Recent analyses of education and wages have built on this foundation and have …This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …

-2005. We find that only the HEI graduates obtain a wage premium from skills acquired in the course of formal education. This …

-2005. We find that only the HEI graduates obtain a wage premium from skills acquired in the course of formal education. This …

This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical … literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education … results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be …

survey, this paper examines internal migration in Ethiopia, focusing on the linkages among internal migration, education and … wages. The results suggest that migrants are better educated and obtain higher wages than non-migrants, controlling for … other factors (including education), and also obtain higher returns to their education. In other words, the more educated …

This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using … terms of credibility, relevance, and expectedness by gender and education level. Females are particularly rewarded for IT … and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …

We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between … employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control … of education and non-random selection. The results indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity …