Estimating the returns to schooling using cohort-level maternal education as an instrument

This paper examines effects of schooling on wages instrumenting for individual schooling using cohort-level maternal schooling from previous censuses. Results suggest that an additional year of schooling increases hourly wages by 10 percent for men and 12.6 percent for women.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Winters, John V.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 126.2015, C, p. 25-27
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Returns to schooling \| Education \| Human capital \| Wages \| Maternal education

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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