Essays about: "Mincer Equation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Mincer Equation.

1. 1. Returns to Education in Germany : An updated assessment of the earnings-education relationship

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Cláudio Correia Rosa; [2021]
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   Abstract : This work aims at answering the following questions: what is the gain in future earnings from spending one more year in schooling? Do all years in education increase one’s wages by the same amount? Will obtaining a diploma positively affect one’s future wage? By running a Mincer equation enhanced with factors such as sector of employment or gender and using the educational attainment of the parents as an instrumental variable on the 2017 wave of the German Socio-economic Panel, I am able to estimate that in Germany, returns to education are around 10%. To circumvent endogeneity and omitted variable bias, 2SLS is favoured against OLS. READ MORE

3. 2. The effect of education on income

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Mathias widerönn; carl thropp; [2020]
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   Abstract : Abstract This paper is about the effect of education on income. In the last two decades the real wages has increased a lot, and so has the amount of people with a higher education. This paper focus is to investigate the relationship between education and income. READ MORE

4. 3. Sexual Orientation, Motherhood and Pay - The case of the gender pay gap for homo-/bisexual women

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kotten Forsberg Fjellander; [2020]
   Keywords : Labor economics; gender pay gap; motherhood penalty; same-sex couples; Mincer equation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to widen the understanding of the gender pay gap by introducing the factor of sexuality. Same-sex couples have legal rights that are relatively new; how does our understanding of labor division and pay change when more data on queer people emerge? This is achieved by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from the year 2017 and making multiple regressions, which are based in the Mincer equation. READ MORE

5. 4. Overeducation and its impact on wages in Vietnam

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Anh Vu Tran; [2018-07-03]
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   Abstract : The study uses the most recent Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in 2014 and 2016 to describe the incidence of overeducation and estimate the wage effect of educational mismatch. Overeducation is more prevalent in male than in female groups. In addition, younger workers are more likely to be overeducated than older counterparts. READ MORE

6. 5. Returns to schooling and potential signalling effects: Estimates based on ISSP data on Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emil Bergman; Carl-Gustav Schöön; [2018]
   Keywords : Returns to schooling; Signalling effects of education; Mincer equation; Ability bias; years of schooling; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis estimates the returns to schooling in Sweden for working individuals by applying the Mincer equation on three datasets from the International Social Survey Programme and compare the results to assess potential trends. It also investigates if there is any difference in returns to schooling for men and women and if there seem to be any signalling effects present. READ MORE