Essays about: "Sheepskin Effects"

Found 3 essays containing the words Sheepskin Effects.

  1. 1. COVID-19 and Incentives of Higher Education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hedda Eld; [2023]
    Keywords : Higher Education; COVID-19; Incentives; Knowledge Economy; Human Capital Theory; Signaling Theory; Sheepskin Effects; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : What incentives do Swedish University students have to pursue higher education? If and how are these incentives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? This study aims to investigate incentives of Swedish university students and possible influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on said incentives. This research is based on a qualitative survey and interviews that will contribute with nuanced reflections of the studied sample. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Academic Degree - What Is It Good For? Using matching to investigate sheepskin effects in Chile

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sofia Hänninger; Nils Wägmark; [2021]
    Keywords : sheepskin effects; signaling; educational economics; higher education; labor markets;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate signaling in higher education by looking at if Chilean students who receive their diploma earn more money than non-graduated students who share all other characteristics. We furthermore looked at how these signaling effects, also called sheepskin effects, develop over time. READ MORE

  4. 3. Returns To Education For Mexican Immigrants To The United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Meri Aghajanyan; Tolga Erbasol; [2008]
    Keywords : immigration; USA; Human capital; returns to schooling; Mexico; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis is about returns to schooling for Mexican immigrants to the United States. The United States became the home of many immigrants. There is an evidence that large amount of immigrants in USA are from Mexico. They are among both oldest and newest inhabitants of the nation. READ MORE