This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in their selection …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who … point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel from 1984 to 2011, to show that wages and the financial …

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 …

survey, this paper examines internal migration in Ethiopia, focusing on the linkages among internal migration, education and … wages. The results suggest that migrants are better educated and obtain higher wages than non-migrants, controlling for … other factors (including education), and also obtain higher returns to their education. In other words, the more educated …

Community Survey to examine the effect of formal schooling on worker wages. Given the potential endogeneity of education …Formal education is widely thought to be a major determinant of individual earnings. This paper uses the American … censuses. The instrumental variables results suggest that schooling has a significant positive effect on worker wages …