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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
Sloane, Peter J.; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319176
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The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages : Measuring the Impact of Higher Education
Behrman, Jere; Kletzer, Lori G.; McPherson, Michael S.; … - 1999
There has been a rising interest in understanding better the impact of college choices on wages, an interest motivated by concerns about increasing wage inequalities, about increasing costs of elite colleges, and about the perceived increasing roles of highly educated individuals in maintaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198286
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The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages : Measuring the Impact of Higher Education
Zemsky, Robert; Cappelli, Peter - 2011
Understanding the economic payoff to human investments is very important from the standpoint both of individuals and of society. Correctly estimating these impacts necessitates having a well-developed idea of the microeconomic determinants of human behavior. Without this, empirical analyses of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014046242
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The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages : Measuring the Impact of Higher Education
Behrman, Jere; Kletzer, Lori G.; McPherson, Michael S.; … - 1999
Understanding the economic payoff to human investments is very important from the standpoint both of individuals and of society. Correctly estimating these impacts necessitates having a well-developed idea of the microeconomic determinants of human behavior. Without this, empirical analyses of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207081
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The Role of University Characteristics in Determining Post-Graduation Outcomes: Panel Evidence from Three Recent Canadian Cohorts
Betts, Julian; Ferrall, Christopher; Finnie, Ross - 2006
university fixed-effect approach, the research finds evidence of significant (fixed) variations in earnings among graduates from … university's characteristics, with estimated effects rising up to almost two-fold. For women in particular, changes in several … university characteristics are strongly associated with changes in women's choice of major. Changes in university characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940673
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Hedonic Wage Equations for Higher Education Faculty
Graves, Philip E.; Marchand, James; Sexton, Robert L. - 2009
This paper discusses the use of hedonic techniques to theoretically and empirically understand the wages of higher education faculty. The paper first presents theoretical models of department and faculty choice. These models represent a synthesis of prior work in the hedonic area. The models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199522
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The role of university characteristics in determining post-graduation outcomes : panel evidence from three recent Canadian cohorts
Betts, Julian R. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003318891
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The role of university characteristics in determining post-graduation outcomes : panel evidence from three recent Canadian cohorts
Betts, Julian R.; Ferrall, Christopher; Finnie, Ross Elliott - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003450871
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The college wage premium, overeducation, and the expansion of higher education in the UK
Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - 2007
degree – the “college premium”. The data covers a decade when the university participation rate doubled – yet we find no …, we do find quite large falls in returns when we compare the cohorts that went to university before and after the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806866
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Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using administrative earnings data
Dale, Stacy Berg; Krueger, Alan B. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230299