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Education and the Labor Market in Uruguay.
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Psacharopoulos, George; Velez, Eduardo – Economics of Education Review, 1994
Uses data from 1989 Uruguayan Household Survey to investigate earnings/education relationship. Mincerian earnings functions fitted to nearly 10,000 workers reveal a 9.2% private return rate for each extra year of schooling. Females realize a full percentage point over males; private sector employees enjoy a 5 percentage point advantage over public…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries