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Voluntary work and wages
Bruno, Bruna; Fiorillo, Damiano - 2014
The effects of voluntary work on earnings have recently been studied for some developed countries such as Canada, France and Austria. This paper extends this line of research to Italy, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) dataset. A double...
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Further Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins
Rouse, Cecilia E. - 1998
In a recent and widely cited paper, Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994) use a new sample of identical twins to test whether schooling represents an investment in human capital or is merely a proxy for genetic ability. I re-examine Ashenfelter and Krueger's estimates using three additional years of...
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The rate of return to private schooling
Wright, Robert E. - 1999
This paper examines the relationship between "school quality" and earnings in the United Kingdom. The specific focus is on evaluating the effect that private schooling has on hourly wage rates. It is well known that private (i.e. fee-paying) schools compared to state schools score higher on most...
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Wage differentials in Sri Lanka : the case of a post-conflict country with a free education policy
Kumara, Ajantha Sisira - In: International journal of education economics and development 6 (2015) 4, pp. 343-365
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Returns to routine job tasks in the German labour market : an instrumental variables approach
Mihaylov, Emil - 2021 - Revision November 2021
This paper studies the impact of routine job tasks on workers wages in the German labour market. Using nationally representative data from the German Employment Survey, the paper finds that routine job tasks are negatively and significantly associated with workers hourly wages; the negative...
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Education, skill, and earnings : further evidence from Ghana
Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014
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 …
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A re-examination of the social returns to education: Evidence from U.S. cities
Sand, Benjamin M. - In: Labour Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 97-106
externalities. Using U.S. Census data, I find large, positive spillovers from college education in the 1980s, as documented by … education, as shifts in the impact of city education composition on wages are not consistent with standard models of …
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The Private and Social Return to Schooling in Italy
Ciccone, Antonio; Cingano, Federico; Cipollone, Piero - In: Giornale degli Economisti 63 (2004) 3-4, pp. 413-444
We estimate the private (individual) and social return to schooling in Italy and four macro-regions. Our estimates take into account the effects of schooling on employment and wages as well as the key features of the Italian tax and social insurance system. We find that the individual return to...
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The private and social return to schooling in Italy
Ciccone, Antonio; Cingano, Federico; Cipollone, Piero - Banca d'Italia - 2006
We estimate the private (individual) and social return to schooling in Italy and four macro regions. Our estimates take into account the effects of schooling on employment and wages as well as the key features of the Italian tax and social insurance system. We find that the individual return to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113543
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Educational and wage risk : social insurance vs. quality of education
Schindler, Dirk; Weigert, Benjamin - 2008
In this model of education, where individuals are exposed both to educational risk and to wage risk within the skilled … enhancing the quality of education. The necessary expenditures are optimally financed by regressive tuition fees and the net …
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