Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe

被引：103

作者：

Brunello, Giorgio ^{[1
]}

Fort, Margherita ^{[2
]}

Weber, Guglielmo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Padua, CESifo, I-35100 Padua, Italy

[2] Univ Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

[3] Univ Padua, CEPR, I-35100 Padua, Italy

来源：

ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 2009年 / 119卷 / 536期

关键词：

RETURNS; ABILITY; IDENTIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; QUANTILES;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02244.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school reforms significantly affect educational attainment, especially among individuals belonging to the lowest quantiles of the distribution of ability. There is also evidence that additional education reduces conditional wage inequality, and that education and ability are substitutes in the earnings function.

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页码：516 / 539

页数：24

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