Research on determining what it is about schooling that the labor market rewards is scarce. This paper shows that when … speci…cally controlling for schooling cognitive skills (i.e. the capacity to process information and apply knowledge) and … not cognitive skills as a whole, a considerable share of the return to schooling is constituted of cognitive skills. This …

English requirements or norms using the Over/Required/Under (or ORU) technique developed for the study of schooling. The … occupation. Mismatches have a small effect on earnings – positive for extra proficiency and negative for deficits in proficiency …, relative to the norm in the occupation. The findings are robust with respect to a range of measurement and specification issues. …

earnings are related to a “correct” matching of an immigrant's language skills with what is expected in his occupation …. Mismatches have a small effect on earnings – positive for proficiency in excess of the norms in the occupation and negative for …

native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation’s requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …

native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation’s requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …

This study tests whether the human capital theory is stronger than the screening hypothesis, using data from the Greek … health sector. The paper estimates the rates of return of workers in the Greek health sector and tests the screening … hypothesis. The evidence shows that the 'weak' version of the screening hypothesis is valid, but in general, the empirical …

population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate micro-founded fertility and schooling into …