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Returns to schooling in Spain: 2008-2019

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  • Jesús López-Rodríguez

    (Jean Monnet Group on Competition and Development (GCD), Department of Economics, School of Economics and Business, Universidade da Coruña, Coruña, Spain)

  • Andrés Faíña-Medín

    (Jean Monnet Group on Competition and Development (GCD), Department of Economics, School of Economics and Business, Universidade da Coruña, Coruña, Spain)

  • Mabel Haydée Villasenin-Ramos

    (Jean Monnet Group on Competition and Development (GCD), Department of Economics, School of Economics and Business, Universidade da Coruña, Coruña, Spain)

Abstract

The empirical literature dealing with returns to schooling in Spain is quite scarce. This paper estimates private returns to schooling in Spain over 2008-2019. While average years of schooling increased steadily over the period 2008-2019, returns to schooling followed the same path only until 2014 when they came to a halt. From 2014-2019 a decrease in returns of around 16% took place. Future research framing these results in terms of the labor market adjustments caused by the Great recession and the post-Great recession period will be worthwhile undertaking.

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  • Jesús López-Rodríguez & Andrés Faíña-Medín & Mabel Haydée Villasenin-Ramos, 2021. "Returns to schooling in Spain: 2008-2019," Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, vol. 11(2), pages 194-201, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wei:journl:v:11:y:2021:i:2:p:194-201
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    Keywords

    Mincer-earnings function; Wages; Schooling; Experience; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education

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