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Using quantile regressions, this paper provides evidence that the relationship between school quality and wages varies … a positive return for individuals at high quantiles, they have a negative impact at low quantiles. Similarly, while more … highly paid teachers benefit drop-outs at high quantiles and graduates at low quantiles, they have a negative return for all …
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Using quantile regressions, this paper provides evidence that the relationship between school quality and wages varies … a positive return for individuals at high quantiles, they have a negative impact at low quantiles. Similarly, while more … highly paid teachers benefit drop-outs at high quantiles and graduates at low quantiles, they have a negative return for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795963
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261948
Between 1990/91 and 2000/01 the number of male undergraduates in Britain increased by over one-third while the number of female undergraduates has increased nearly twofold. Given this substantial increase in supply we would expect some impact on the wage premium for recent graduates unless...
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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...
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estimated on market data: higher wage risk for educational groups is associated with higher mean wages. With observations on …
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Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...
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There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398727
"As in many other countries, government policy in the UK has the objective of raising the participation rate of young people in higher education, while increasing the share of the costs of higher education paid by students themselves. A rationale for the latter element comes from evidence of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002902295
from various Statistics Canada surveys and focuses on the real (hourly or weekly) wages earned by full-time workers. It is … changed over the past three decades. Wages are expressed in 2010 dollars. Since the early 1980s, real wages of various groups … changes, growth in international trade, institutional factors (e.g., de-unionization, changes in minimum wages, and changes in …
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