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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...

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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 …

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Dividing the pie in Brazil : income distribution, social policies and the new middle class

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Jalles, João Tovar - 2014

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...

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Overeducation and ethnic minorities in Britain

Battu, Harminder; Sloane, Peter J. - 2002

This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...

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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...

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Returns to Overeducation : A Longitudinal Analysis in the U.S. Labor Market

Tsai, Yuping - 2010

Studies examining the wage effect of overeducation have generated very consistent results. Their findings suggest that, for workers with similar educational attainment, workers who are overeducated for the job suffer from significant wage penalties. However, most studies use cross-sectional...

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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?

Schweri, Jürg - 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/10012764231

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...

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Wage Growth Over the Past 30 Years : Changing Wages by Age and Education

Morissette, Rene - 2012

from various Statistics Canada surveys and focuses on the real (hourly or weekly) wages earned by full-time workers. It is … changed over the past three decades. Wages are expressed in 2010 dollars. Since the early 1980s, real wages of various groups … changes, growth in international trade, institutional factors (e.g., de-unionization, changes in minimum wages, and changes in …

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Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors

Ransom, Tyler - 2020

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