Essays about: "mincer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the word mincer.

  1. 1. The Cost Of Bias : - A Study About Wage Inequality and Discrimination in the U.S. Labor Market

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Gustav Rosén; [2023]
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    Abstract : Wage inequality and discrimination are two interrelated issues that have significant implications for individuals, organizations and society. Although progress has been made over the past decades to address these issues, they continue to exist in many sectors of the labor market. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Changes in economic returns to higher education in urban China, 2003–2017

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Minrui Song; [2021]
    Keywords : return to higher eudcation; Mincer function; expansion policy evaluation; Regression Discontinuity Design; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates whether the higher education expansion policy, issued in 1999, China, improved individuals’ schooling and wages. The thesis mainly applies Mincer functions. Empirical results show that higher education policy increased schooling years, but it does not change the economic returns to higher education dramatically. READ MORE

  5. 4. Implied Volatility and Historical Volatility : An Empirical Evidence About The Content of Information And Forecasting Power

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Mohammad Aljaid; Mohammed Diaa Zakaria; [2020]
    Keywords : Implied Volatilty; Mincer–Zarnowitz regression; GARCHModel; Realized Volatility; Predictive Power.;

    Abstract : This study examines whether the implied volatility index can provide further information in forecasting volatility than historical volatility using GARCHfamily models. For this purpose, this researchhas been conducted to forecast volatility in two main markets the United States of America through its wildly used Standard and Poor’s 500 index and its correspondingvolatility index VIX and in Europe through its Euro Stoxx 50 and its correspondingvolatility index VSTOXX. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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