The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...

The market for higher education increasingly becomes an international market. Nowadays, the number of students studying abroad is substantial and increasing. Many governments stimulate students to study abroad by offering a wide range of grants. However, little is known on the returns to...

En este trabajo se presentan la metodología y los resultados de la evaluación de impacto del programa Jóvenes Rurales Emprendedores del Sena (JRE). Una vez aplicada la metodología Propensity Score Matching (PSM), diferencias en diferencias y la combinación de ambas, se encontró que...

Abstract. Este documento presenta la evaluación de dos programas ejecutados por el SENA - Formación Técnica y Tecnológica (FTyT) y Formación Especializada del Recurso Humano Vinculado a las Empresas (FE). En el caso de FTyT se emplea un enfoque cuantitativo mientras que en el caso de FE se...

In the case of France, we analyse the changes in the wage value of each education level and the impact of parents’ education and income upon the education attainment of children, sons and daughters. We find a critical decline in the skill premium of the Baccalauréat (‘bac’) in relation to...

Much has been written about the impact of over-education on wages using cross-sectional data, although there have been few studies that analyse the returns to over-education in a dynamic setting. This paper adds to the existing literature by using panel data to investigate the impact and...

Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high school. Unlike previous research using Canadian data, our data set allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find strong evidence of positive ability selection into...