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The impact of surplus skills on earnings : extending the over-education model to language proficiency

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Economics of education review 36 (2013), pp. 262-275

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Estimating returns to schooling in urban China using conventional and heteroskedasticity-based instruments

Mishra, Vinod; Smyth, Russell - In: Economic modelling 47 (2015), pp. 166-173

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The impact of missionary type on the English language proficiency and earnings of immigrants

Larsen, Nicholas; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all immigrants to the United States by using the pooled files of the American Community Survey (2005-09). We consider the colonial heritage of the origin country to determine if it...

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Does the pay period matter in estimating returns to schooling? : evidence from East Africa

Donath, Livini; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021

This paper investigates whether returns to schooling differ according to the choice of the measure of earnings and the …

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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels

Albrecht, James W.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, … - 2004

The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...

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Human capital, schooling and health returns

Schultz, T. Paul - 2003

reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling …

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The impact of exposure to missionaries on the English language proficiency and earnings of immigrants in the USA

Larsen, Nicholas; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how potential exposure to missionary activity impacts both English language proficiency and labor market earnings of male and female immigrants to the United States. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study uses the pooled files of the American...

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Changes across cohorts in wage returns to schooling and early work experiences

Ashworth, Jared; Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2018

This paper investigates the wage returns to schooling and actual early work experiences, and how these returns have … changed over the past twenty years. Using the NLSY surveys, we develop and estimate a dynamic model of the joint schooling and … work decisions that young men make in early adulthood, and quantify how they affect wages using a generalized Mincerian …

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Earnings dynamics : the role of education throughout a worker's career

Braga, Breno - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 52 (2018), pp. 83-97

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Changes across cohorts in wage returns to schooling and early work experiences

Ashworth, Jared; Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2017

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