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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
estimated on market data: higher wage risk for educational groups is associated with higher mean wages. With observations on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825129
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Dividing the pie in Brazil : income distribution, social policies and the new middle class
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Jalles, João Tovar - 2014
Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231401
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Variations in the wage returns to a first degree : evidence from the British cohort study 1970
Bratti, Massimiliano (contributor);  … - 2005
"As in many other countries, government policy in the UK has the objective of raising the participation rate of young people in higher education, while increasing the share of the costs of higher education paid by students themselves. A rationale for the latter element comes from evidence of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002902295
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Wage Growth Over the Past 30 Years : Changing Wages by Age and Education
Morissette, Rene - 2012
from various Statistics Canada surveys and focuses on the real (hourly or weekly) wages earned by full-time workers. It is … changed over the past three decades. Wages are expressed in 2010 dollars. Since the early 1980s, real wages of various groups … changes, growth in international trade, institutional factors (e.g., de-unionization, changes in minimum wages, and changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104422
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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?
Schweri, Juerg - 2009
estimated on market data: higher wage risk for educational groups is associated with higher mean wages. With observations on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764231
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Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors
Ransom, Tyler - 2020
I examine the extent to which the returns to college majors are influenced by selective migration and occupational choice across locations in the US. To quantify the role of selection, I develop and estimate an extended Roy model of migration, occupational choice, and earnings where, upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831090
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Variations in the Wage Returns to a First Degree : Evidence from the British Cohort Study 1970
Bratti, Massimiliano; Naylor, Robin; Smith, Jeremy - 2021
As in many other countries, government policy in the UK has the objective of raising the participation rate of young people in higher education, while increasing the share of the costs of higher education paid by students themselves. A rationale for the latter element comes from evidence of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318473
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The Changing Wage Return to an Undergraduate Education
O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2021
Between 1990/91 and 2000/01 the number of male undergraduates in Britain increased by over one-third while the number of female undergraduates has increased nearly twofold. Given this substantial increase in supply we would expect some impact on the wage premium for recent graduates unless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318597
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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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Overeducation and Ethnic Minorities in Britain
Battu, Harminder; Sloane, Peter J. - 2021
This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320171