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The effects of advanced degrees on the wage rates, hours, earnings and job satisfaction of women and men
Altonji, Joseph G.; Humphries, John Eric; Zhong, Ling - 2022
This paper uses a college-by-graduate degree fixed effects estimator to evaluate the returns to 19 different graduate degrees for men and women. We find substantial variation across degrees, and evidence that OLS over-estimates the returns to degrees with the highest average earnings and...
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Schooling returns for wage earners in Burkina Faso : evidence from the 1994 and 1998 national surveys
Kazianga, Harounan - 2004
This paper uses national survey data to estimate up-to-date private rates of return to education in Burkina Faso. Mincer earning regressions are fitted to wage data for women and men, and for public and private sector workers. The main results indicate that rates of return rise by level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610969
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Who gains when workers train? : training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2000
There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of … Force Survey. This is combined with complementary industry-level data sources on value added, wages, labour and capital. We … productivity) is low. Secondly, our estimates of the effects of training on wages are about half the size of the effects on …
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Who pays for general training? : new evidence for British men and women
Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002
forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training - controlling for its financing method - on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …
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Examining the relationships between labour market mismatches, earnings and job satisfaction among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - 2014
This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage/job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a...
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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance : Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo - 2011
college education cannot universally be considered an insurance against unpredictability of wages. One conclusion is …
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Skills, economic crises and labour market
Dasgupta, Kabir; Plum, Alexander - 2022
Do higher skills help mitigate the negative impact of economic crises? We study the effect of two major economic setbacks–the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007-09 and the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020–on wage progression for New Zealanders with different skill levels. For our analysis, we...
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Pay period and the distributional effect of education on earnings : evidence from recentered influence function
Donath, Livini; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021
This paper employs Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regressions to examine the distributional effect of education on earnings in East Africa, using data from the Living Standards and Measurement Study (LSMS) for Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. Taking into consideration the pay period of the...
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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021
This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses unique information in the WERS and HILDA surveys on reported overskilling in the workplace. To a degree, the overskilling information overcomes the problem of unobserved ability...
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Assessing the incidence and wage effects of overeducation among Italian graduates using a new measure for educational requirements
Cattani, Luca; Guidetti, Giovanni; Pedrini, Giulio - 2014
This paper investigates three dimensions of overeducation: incidence, impact on earnings and possible determinants. The analysis focuses on Italian graduates and refers to the cohort that graduated in 2007 using data from the AlmaLaurea survey on graduates' career paths. A new measure of...
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