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Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets
Black, Sandra E; Devereux, Paul J; Lundborg, Petter; … - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2015
markets and whether the effects spill over to spouses and children. There is substantial evidence that more educated people … spouses or children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220592
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Using heteroscedasticity to estimate the returns to education
Vincent (Vincent Peter) Hogan; Rigobon, Roberto - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2002
We apply a new estimator to the measurement of the economic returns to education. We control for endogenous education, unobserved ability and measurement error using only the natural heteroscedasticty of wages and education attainment. Our prefered estimate, 6.07%, is closer to the OLS estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269214
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Schooling returns, schooling decisions and educational finance
Harmon, Colm - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2002
closely, so as to investigate the effect of variables such as family income on that choice. Proposed educational finance … households and individual students for participation in education, thus reducing the opportunity cost of staying on at school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269287