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Earnings penalty of educational mismatch : a comparison of alternative methods of assessing over-education
Wen, Le; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2023
international literature on the measured incidence of educational mismatch and its earnings effects. We use a rich Australian … longitudinal data set for a controlled group of full-time employed workers. Using panel data estimation, we address individual … rate of over-education is 32.3%. The earnings penalty for each year of over-education is 2.5%, which is larger than 0.6% in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545845
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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major euro area countries from 2006 to 2009, drawn from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (Eurostat). We use a consistent estimator to address the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687794
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence on \textit{perceived} signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293120
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence on perceived signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or without a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293817
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence on perceived signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or without a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293840
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020502
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016372
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158681
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872559
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860403