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The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing

Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis; Wambugu, Anthony; … - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2003

The returns to education remain a central concern for development policy. In developed countries there is evidence that the returns to education have been rising. Evidence for changes over this period for developing countries is limited. In this paper we use data from Kenya and Tanzania to...

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What determines the return to education: An extra year or hurdle cleared?

Dickson, Matt; Smith, Sarah - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2011

The 1973 Raising of the School Leaving Age in England and Wales has been used to identify returns to years’ schooling. However, the reform affected the proportion with qualifications, as well as schooling length. To shed light on whether the returns reflect extra schooling or qualifications,...

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Éducation et marchés du travail à Brazzaville et Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Kuepie, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe - DIAL - 2011

(english) The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of education on labor market entry, particularly on earnings in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo. We examine firsthand data from the 2009 Congo's Employment and Informal Sector Survey (Enquête sur l’emploi et le secteur...

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Multiple language usage and earnings in Western Europe

Williams, Donald R. - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) July, pp. 372-393

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the return to multiple language usage in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – This article aims to estimate the effect that using an additional language at work has on earnings for a sample of workers in the European Community...

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Trade Liberalisation Does Not Always Raise Wage Premia: Evidence from Ugandan Districts

Calì, Massimiliano - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2012

The process of economic integration over the past two decades has been accompanied by an expanding income wedge between …

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Benefits to elite schools and the formation of expected returns to education: Evidence from Mexico City

Estrada, Ricardo; Gignoux, Jérémie - HAL - 2014

We study the effects of admission into elite public high schools in Mexico City on students' expected earnings, arguing …-based allocation of students into schools and an adapted regression discontinuity design strategy, we find that admission substantially … increases learning achievement, and also the future earnings and returns students expect from a college education, but no effect …

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Estimating returns to education when the IV sample is selective

Wang, Le - In: Labour Economics 21 (2013) C, pp. 74-85

parents are present in the same household. The IV estimates based on these selective sub-samples may be inconsistent, even … particularly worrisome, suggesting that the previous IV results are robust. In particular, using China Household Income Project …

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Education's role in China's structural transformation

Lee, Soohyung; Malin, Benjamin A. - In: Journal of Development Economics 101 (2013) C, pp. 148-166

between an individual's educational attainment, sector, and income. We find that about 11% of aggregate growth in output per …

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Mother's education and birth weight

Chevalier, Arnaud; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2007

Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could...

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The Wage Expectations of European College Students

Brunello, Giorgio; Lucifora, Claudio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage …-specific micro-data. In line with U.S. studies we find that students overestimate returns to education. …

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