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Estimating complementarity between education and training
Belzil, Christian (contributor); Hansen, Jörgen (contributor) - 2008
permanent endowments as well as on education. We find evidence of statistically significant complementarity, i.e. the higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784398
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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society? : education benefits individuals, but the societal benefits are likely even greater
Winters, John V. - 2015
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430542
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
skewed. Our best guess of ex ante risk in university education is a coefficient ofvariation of about 0.3, comparable to that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335192
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Wage gaps between native and migrant graduates of higher education institutions in the Netherlands
Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2015
In the Netherlands the share of immigrants in the total population has steadily increased in recent decades. The present paper takes a look at wage differences between natives and migrants who are equally educated. This reduces potential skills biases in our analysis. We apply a Mincer equation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346676
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Technology and education : computers, software, and the internet
Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348286
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The long-run effects of attending an elite school : evidence from the UK
Clark, Damon; Del Bono, Emilia - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long- run outcomes including completed education, income … formula, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241305
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The effects of occupational knowledge : job information centers, educational choices, and labor market outcomes
Saniter, Nils Peter (contributor);  … - 2014
This study examines the causal link between individuals' occupational knowledge, educational choices, and labor market outcomes. We proxy occupational knowledge with mandatory visits to job information centers (JICs) in Germany while still attending school. Exogenous variation in the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342371
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Too many graduates? : an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model to young British graduates between 2001 - 2010
O'Leary, Nigel; Sloane, Peter J. - 2014
supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398727
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The long-run effects of attending an elite school : evidence from the UK
Clark, Damon; Del Bono, Emilia - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long-run outcomes including completed education, income …, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434599
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
positively skewed. Our best guess of ex ante risk in university education is a coefficient of variation of about 0.3, comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450523