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School quality and the distribution of male earnings in Canada
Bedard, Kelly - 1999
Using quantile regressions, this paper provides evidence that the relationship between school quality and wages varies … a positive return for individuals at high quantiles, they have a negative impact at low quantiles. Similarly, while more … highly paid teachers benefit drop-outs at high quantiles and graduates at low quantiles, they have a negative return for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569421
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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2004
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261948
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The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages : Measuring the Impact of Higher Education
Zemsky, Robert; Cappelli, Peter - 2011
Understanding the economic payoff to human investments is very important from the standpoint both of individuals and of society. Correctly estimating these impacts necessitates having a well-developed idea of the microeconomic determinants of human behavior. Without this, empirical analyses of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014046242
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The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages : Measuring the Impact of Higher Education
Behrman, Jere; Kletzer, Lori G.; McPherson, Michael S.; … - 1999
There has been a rising interest in understanding better the impact of college choices on wages, an interest motivated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198286
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Too many graduates? : an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model to young British graduates between 2001 - 2010
O'Leary, Nigel; Sloane, Peter J. - 2014
There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398727
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Variations in the wage returns to a first degree : evidence from the British cohort study 1970
Bratti, Massimiliano (contributor);  … - 2005
"As in many other countries, government policy in the UK has the objective of raising the participation rate of young people in higher education, while increasing the share of the costs of higher education paid by students themselves. A rationale for the latter element comes from evidence of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002902295
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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
estimated on market data: higher wage risk for educational groups is associated with higher mean wages. With observations on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825129
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess thevariance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this freshperspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options. choosingparameters on basis of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335192
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Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors
Ransom, Tyler - 2020
I examine the extent to which the returns to college majors are influenced by selective migration and occupational choice across locations in the US. To quantify the role of selection, I develop and estimate an extended Roy model of migration, occupational choice, and earnings where, upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831090
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Selective migration, occupational choice, and the wage returns to college majors
Ransom, Tyler - 2020
I examine the extent to which the returns to college majors are influenced by selective migration and occupational choice across locations in the US. To quantify the role of selection, I develop and estimate an extended Roy model of migration, occupational choice, and earnings where, upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239055