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Age-dependent skill formation and returns to education
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor);  … - 2007
returns to investment in skills is an elaboration of the model of skill formation from Cunha, Heckman et al. (2006) over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447754
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The private and social benefits of double majors
DelRossi, Alison F.; Hersch, Joni - In: Journal of benefit-cost analysis : JBCA 7 (2016) 2, pp. 292-325
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569182
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Selection bias, comparative advantage and heterogeneous returns to education : evidence from China in 2000
Heckman, James J.; Li, Xuesong - 2003 - Revised
return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980 s and the early 1990's. …This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century … China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571520
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Private school effects in urban and rural India : panel estimates at primary and secondary school ages
Singh, Abhijeet - In: Journal of development economics 113 (2015), pp. 16-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313744
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Young FSU migrants in Germany : educational attainment and early labor market outcomes
Flake, Regina - 2013
This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771160
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The return to college : selection bias and dropout risk
Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of graduating from college on lifetime earnings. Motivated by the fact that nearly half of all college students fail to earn a bachelor's degree, we study a model of risky college completion. The central idea is that students drop out of college mainly because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338707
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Internal migration and educational outcomes in Italy : evidence from a cohort of youths
Aina, Carmen; Casalone, Giorgia; Ghinetti, Paolo - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 94 (2015) 2, pp. 295-316
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Returns to education : the causal effects of education on earnings, health and smoking
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2016
This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476582
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College expansion and the marginal returns to education : evidence from Russia
Belskaya, Olga; Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Posso, Christian - 2014
This paper evaluates whether the expansion of higher education is economically worthwhile based on a recent surge in … individuals with lower returns to college, but the returns for marginal students vary considerably depending on the scale of … policies targeting the expansion of higher education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462897
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Human capital returns to education : three essays on the causal effects of schooling on skills and health
Dahmann, Sarah Christina - 2016
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