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Using data for the 1990's, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our … the US. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes the …
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Using data for the 1990's, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our … estimation results indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that …. These results could be explained by the particular recruitment system of large firms in Japan, which makes university diploma …
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Indicators for quality of schooling are not only relatively new in the world but also unavailable for a sizable share of the world's population. In their absence, some proxy measures have been devised. One simple but powerful idea has been to use the schooling premium for migrant workers in the...
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We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
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We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095