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The STEM Wage Premium across the OECD
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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
The STEM Wage Premium across the OECD
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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Estimates from the Nationwide Expansion
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Hideo Akabayashi; Ryuichi Tanaka – Education Economics, 2024
We present new estimates of the internal rate of return to early childhood education. Utilizing the nationwide expansion of preschool education in Japan between 1960 and 1980, we initially assess the impact of preschool attendance on high school graduation and college enrollment for men. Subsequently, we compute the social rate of return to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, School Expansion