Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … variation in education performance in Colombia, a relatively high percentage when compared to those found by other studies …

educational investments. We analyze data from India to highlight gender disparities in the perceived returns to education and the …

A lengthy literature estimating the returns to education has largely ignored the for-profit sector. In this paper, we … associate's degree students attend for an average of 2.6 years, this translates to a 4% return per year of education in a for …

that business education enhanced their ethical character, the lower their wages, holding other aspects of their education …

We explore education's role in improving the allocation of labor between China's agricultural and nonagricultural … empirical model that allows for the endogenous selection of education and sector of employment, we estimate the relationship … worker from 1978 to 2004 is accounted for by increased education, with 9% coming through the labor-reallocation channel and 2 …

by years of education. Log-wages are regressed on a measure of education, which is a position on a scale of certificates … nonlinear model of education choices and cannot reject the assumption that the data is generated by a job-market signalling …