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Exploring International Differences in Rates of Return to Education: Evidence from EU SILC. ESRI WP311, September 2009

Davia, Maria A. and McGuinness, Seamus and O'Connell, Philip J. (2009) Exploring International Differences in Rates of Return to Education: Evidence from EU SILC. ESRI WP311, September 2009. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    This paper uses EU-SILC data from 2005 and 2006 to explore the hypothesis that international differences in rates of return to education reflect variations in the level of risk associated with educational investments. While there was some evidence to support this hypothesis with regards to returns to ISCED level 5 qualifications among males, the majority of the variation in international returns was related to distributional impacts. The results suggest that higher rates of return to more advanced qualifications relate to more dispersed distributions among poorly qualified workers which, in turn, raise the returns to credentials further up the educational spectrum.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > education policy/vocational training
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2018 09:38
    Number of Pages: 29
    Last Modified: 20 Dec 2018 09:38
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87860

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