NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hartog, Joop; Ding, Xiaohao; Liao, Juan – Education Economics, 2014
We use the method of Dominitz and Manski [1996. Eliciting student expectations of the return to schooling. "Journal of Human Resources" 31, no. 1: 1-26] to solicit anticipated wage distributions for continuing to a master degree or going to work after completing the bachelor degree. The means of the distributions have an effect on…
Descriptors: Wages, Expectation, Student Costs, Academic Persistence
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hartog, Joop; Sun, Yuze; Ding, Xiaohao – Economics of Education Review, 2010
We report evidence that university reputation affects wages of bachelors in China. An unconditional difference between a top-100 university and a top 400-500 university of 23% is increased to some 28% by adding controls. Within the top-100 there is no differentiation in pay-off. Self-rated quality of high school, while affecting quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics