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Direct linkFrick, Bernd; Maihaus, Michael – Education Economics, 2016
Using two representative samples of some 74,000 students and 11,000 graduates, respectively, we analyse the accuracy of students' wage expectations given their individual characteristics. We find that students are aware of the effects of most of their own characteristics, as a large number of determinants of expected and realised salaries do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Salaries, Internship Programs, College Graduates
Pritchett, Lant; Viarengo, Martina – Education Economics, 2015
Does the government control of school systems facilitate equality in school quality? Whether centralized or localized control produces more equality depends not only on what "could" happen in principle, but also on what does happen in practice. We use the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) database to examine the…
Descriptors: Government Role, Educational Quality, Governance, Correlation
Mamoon, Dawood; Murshed, S. Mansoob – Education Economics, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to compare the role of human capital accumulation measured by number of years of schooling with the relative contribution of institutional capacity to prosperity. We employ several concepts of institutional quality prevalent in the literature. We discover that developing human capital is as important as superior…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Peer reviewedRubb, Stephen – Education Economics, 2003
Using 1990 US census data, examines the relationship between overeducation and earnings focusing on individuals with postcollege schooling. Finds that being overeducated increases the wages of men working at a job requiring a bachelor's degree. Compares results with findings in Canada and the United Kingdom. Suggests that overeducation contributes…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Qualifications, Females, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedNewell, Andrew; Reilly, Barry – Education Economics, 1999
Provides cross-country estimates on private rates of return to higher-education qualifications across various transitional economies spanning Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Rates tend to rise in most transitional economies over the period considered. Rate variabilities help explain variabilities in wage…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economics, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz – Education Economics, 2006
This paper reports labour market returns to education in Bangladesh using data from recent nationwide household survey. Returns are estimated separately for rural and urban samples, males, females and private-sector employees. Substantial heterogeneity in returns is observed; for example, estimates are higher for urban (than rural sample) and…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, National Surveys, Sampling
