Measuring heterogeneity in the returns to education using an education reform

被引：57

作者：

Aakvik, Arild ^{[1
]}

Salvanes, Kjell G. ^{[2
]}

Vaage, Kjell ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bergen, Dept Econ, N-5007 Bergen, Norway

[2] IZA, Dept Econ, Norwegian Sch Econ & Business Adm, Bergen, Norway

来源：

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2010年 / 54卷 / 04期

关键词：

Education reform; Returns to education; Heterogeneity; Roy model; COMPULSORY SCHOOLING LAWS; RANDOM COEFFICIENT MODEL; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; SELECTIVITY BIAS; SELF-SELECTION; AVERAGE; EARNINGS; COHORTS; CHOICE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.09.001

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we explore the impact of a mandatory education reform as well as pre-reform availability of schools above the mandatory level, on educational attainment and returns to education in Norway. We contribute to the existing literature by focusing on the heterogeneity of the impact of reforms. Our results indicate that increased compulsory education from seven to nine years increased the general level of education beyond the compulsory education. We also find that the effect of family background on educational attainment was weaker after the reform. The average treatment effect on returns to education is surprisingly high for education of intermediate duration. This means that increasing the general level of education potentially generates high returns in the form of wages. We also find that the effect of treatment on the treated on the returns to education is 1-4 percentage points higher than the average treatment effect. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：483 / 500

页数：18

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