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Education for Growth in Sweden and the World

Krueger, Alan B.; Lindahl, Mikael - 1999

determinant of income for individuals within countries as diverse as Sweden and the United States. At a national level, however … growth among OECD countries. The conclusion comments on policy implications for Sweden based on the human capital literature …

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Education-Occupation Mismatch : Is There an Income Penalty?

Nordin, Martin; Persson, Inga; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2021

penalty for field of education-occupation mismatches for men and women with higher education in Sweden and reveals that the …

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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

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The effect of labor market conditions at entry on workers' long-term skills

Arellano-Bover, Jaime - 2020

This paper studies the impact of labor market conditions during the education-to-work transition on workers' long-term skill development. Using representative survey data on measures of work-relevant cognitive skills for adults from 19 countries, I document four main findings: i) cohorts of...

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Family Heterogeneity, Human Capital Investment, and College Attainment

Blandin, Adam - 2020

trends differed markedly for individuals from different family backgrounds. This paper considers the extent to which trends … across family backgrounds. We first document parallel empirical patterns in pre-college investments, college preparedness … composition of family types over time are also important. Finally, we use our model to show that subsidizing pre …

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Proxying ability by family background in returns to schooling estimations is generally a bad idea

Mellander, Erik (contributor); … - 2008

). The effects on the OVB and the MEB from using family background variables as proxies for ability are investigated … error increases and/or more family background variables are added, the total bias rapidly becomes negative, driving the …

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Proxying ability by family background in returns to schooling estimations is generally a bad idea

Mellander, Erik; Sandgren-Massih, Sofia - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 110 (2008) 4, pp. 853-875

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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...

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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