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What is the cost of retaining and attracting exceptional talents? Evidence from the Canada Research Chair program
Courty, Pascal; Sim, John - 2012
The compensation of a professor who is awarded an internal Canada Research Chair (CRC) increases by 6.3 percent on … retaining top talents, we infer that the compensation cost of doing so is modest. In addition, only a small fraction of the CRC … grants have been passed through to professors as compensation increases. This is despite the fact that universities report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290444
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What is the cost of retaining and attracting exceptional talents? Evidence from the Canada Research Chair program
Courty, Pascal; Sim, John - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2012
The compensation of a professor who is awarded an internal Canada Research Chair (CRC) increases by 6.3 percent on … retaining top talents, we infer that the compensation cost of doing so is modest. In addition, only a small fraction of the CRC … grants have been passed through to professors as compensation increases. This is despite the fact that universities report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010543600
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What is the cost of retaining and attracting exceptional talents? : evidence from the Canada Research Chair program
Courty, Pascal; Sim, John - 2012
The compensation of a professor who is awarded an internal Canada Research Chair (CRC) increases by 6.3 percent on … retaining top talents, we infer that the compensation cost of doing so is modest. In addition, only a small fraction of the CRC … grants have been passed through to professors as compensation increases. This is despite the fact that universities report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009532590
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Returns to Education Through Access to Higher-Paying Firms: Evidence from US Matched Employer-Employee Data
Engbom, Niklas; Moser, Christian - 2017
This paper sheds light on the microfoundations of reduced-form returns to education. Specifically, we ask: are more advanced higher education degrees associated with increased earnings within employers or higher average pay across employers? And to the extent that sorting across firms matters,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015264797
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Credit Constraints in Higher Education in a Context of Unobserved Heterogeneity
Villena, Mauricio; Sanchez, Rafael; Rojas, Eugenio - 2012
This article tests the existence of credit constraints on higher education access by estimating actual marginal returns in the context of unobserved heterogeneity. We estimate higher education returns for those who attend to it and compare them with those of individuals who are at the margin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015246312
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Credit Constraints in Higher Education in a Context of Unobserved Heterogeneity
Villena, Mauricio; Sanchez, Rafael; Rojas, Eugenio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article tests the existence of credit constraints on higher education access by estimating actual marginal returns in the context of unobserved heterogeneity. We estimate higher education returns for those who attend to it and compare them with those of individuals who are at the margin of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186469
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The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications: Better Data, Somewhat Different Results
Lang, Kevin; Weinstein, Russell - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Using the Beginning Postsecondary Student Survey and Transcript Data, we find no statistically significant differential return to certificate or Associate's degrees between for-profits and not-for-profits. Point estimates suggest a slightly lower return to a for-profit certificate and a slightly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950862
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Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
Lang, Kevin; Weinstein, Russell - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Using the Beginning Postsecondary Student Survey, we examine the effect on earnings of obtaining certificates/degrees from for-profit, not-for-profit, and public institutions. Students who enter certificate programs at any type of institution do not gain from earning a certificate. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276436
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Determinants of Academic Staff Retention in Zimbabwean Universities : A Case Study of Selected Universities in Matabeleland Region
Chivandire, Luckmore - 2019
The issue of academic staff retention has attracted major interest in many countries and Zimbabwe is not an exception. The purpose of this study was to establish the determinants of academic staff retention in Zimbabwean universities with particular reference to two universities in Matabeleland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014106328
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Trends in Cyprus Wage Inequality : The Returns to Education
Kallenos, Theodosis L. - 2016
Education is widely recognized as one of the most important determinants of earnings in the labour market. A main aspect of the relationship between education and earnings is the wage premium between workers with higher and lower education. The findings of previous studies show that changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998181