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reliable panel data. This study uses unusually rich longitudinal data from Ghana and Tanzania to identify engines of, and … detail. Tanzania and Ghana provide a particularly relevant context in which to examine these issues and the cross … in Ghana and Tanzania? -- The Determinants of Earnings Levels -- The Determinants of Earnings Growth -- Evidence on Low …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and substantial variation in schooling across birth-cohorts brought about by the 1997 reform of compulsory schooling. We estimate that among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra...
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This paper presents analysis of urban areas in the Tanzania Integrated Labour Force Survey (ILFS) for 2000/01 and 2006 …
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This paper revisits the old question of whether wage growth differs by education level. Do more educated workers invest more than less educated workers in firm specific, sector specific or general human capital? Do they gain more from improved job match? The paper makes both a methodological and...
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This paper compares survey based labour earnings data for English graduates, taken from the UK's Labour Force Survey (LFS), with the UK Government administrative sources of official individual level earnings data. This type of administrative data has few sample selection issues, is substantially...
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