Examines the relationship of earnings and family background, based on Greece's 1977 Special Wages and Salaries Survey. Tests whether returns to education differ significantly according to an individual's socioeconomic background. Contrary to findings for the United Kingdom and the United States, there is a positive relationship between the…

Uses findings from two Greek labor market surveys to decompose the gross male/female earnings differential into productivity-enhancing attributes and labor market discrimination components. Documents changes in the discrimination-over-time component and compares results with earlier studies. Gender productivity differences are minimal. Despite…

Uses Greek data for 1981 and 1985 to test screening hypothesis by replicating method proposed by Psacharopoulos. Credentialism, or sheepskin effect of education, directly challenges human capital theory, which views education as a productivity augmenting process. Results do not support the strong version of the screening hypothesis and suggest…