. Because these abilities substantially affect individuals' life trajectories in terms of health, education, and earnings, the …

Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high-school. Unlike … previous research using Canadian data, our dataset allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find … strong evidence of positive ability selection into all levels of post-secondary education for men and weaker positive …

' education by 46%. We show that the heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents' responses in terms of …

' education by 46%. We show that the heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents' responses in terms of …

effect estimator and the IV method, the study finds that the endogenous post-migration education in the host country …

Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence … the US. The effect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive, much higher than … the estimated effect in case no instrumental variables are used. That is, the higher the respondent's level of education …

This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical … literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education … results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be …