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Direct linkZhang, Weiguo; Lien, Donald – Education Economics, 2020
This paper explores the relationship between English language skills and earnings among workers in urban China using micro-data from the 2015 China General Social Survey. Using OLS and 2SLS regressions, we find that there are positive economic returns to English language skills (both listening and speaking) among workers in urban China. We also…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Urban Areas, Foreign Countries, Income
Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill – Education Economics, 2020
We study the UK's university application system, in which students apply based on predicted examination grades, rather than actual results. Using three years of UK university applications data we find that only 16% of applicants' predicted grades are accurate, with 75% of applicants having over-predicted grades. However, high-attaining,…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Labor Market, Social Mobility, College Applicants
Langevin, Gabin; Masclet, David; Moizeau, Fabien; Peterle, Emmanuel – Education Economics, 2017
We use data from the "Trajectoires et Origines" survey to analyze ethnic gaps in education and labor-market outcomes between second-generation immigrants and their French-native counterparts. Our three main findings underscore the importance of family background in explaining lifelong ethnic inequalities. First, second-generation…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Educational Attainment, Surveys, Labor Market
Allen, Rebecca; Burgess, Simon; Mayo, Jennifer – Education Economics, 2018
We study the market for teachers in England, in particular teacher turnover. We show that there is a positive raw association between the level of school disadvantage and the turnover rate of its teachers. This association diminishes as we control for school, pupil and local teacher labour market characteristics, but is not eliminated. The…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Teaching (Occupation), Correlation, Disadvantaged Schools
Hemelt, Steven W. – Education Economics, 2010
In this study I examine the relationship between graduating from college with two majors rather than one and labor market earnings using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates. Because institutions are heterogeneous both in terms of overall quality and in the availability of opportunities to double major, I attempt to control for such…
Descriptors: Labor Market, College Graduates, Liberal Arts, College Faculty
Norberg-Schonfeldt, Magdalena – Education Economics, 2008
Data from Statistics Sweden on 70 000 students entering upper secondary school in 1994 are used along with socioeconomic characteristics from the 1990 census to explore the relationship between market work by parents in Sweden and their children's educational achievement, measured as the Grade Point Average. The results show that there is a…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Labor Market
