This paper investigates whether returns to schooling differ according to the choice of the measure of earnings and the … estimates of returns to education. Depending on the common measure chosen, estimates of returns for level of education can …, returns also differ significantly. Returns to primary education are 40-70% in Uganda and 20-30% in Malawi and Tanzania …

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 …

effects is that education, experience, health and wages are interrelated. To deal with these issues, we implement an Efficient … to what extend wage differentials across European countries are explained by differences in education, actual experience …. However, while there is a wide support in the empirical literature of the positive impacts of education and experience on …

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 …

the determinants of the least squares bias of the wage return to education. We find that disregarding individual fixed …

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 …