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A Note on the Returns to Human Capital in the Eighties: Evidence from Twelve Countries

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  • Wilhelm Lorenz
  • Joachim Wagner
  • Karel van den Bosch

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Based on identically specified human capital earnings functions of the Mincer-type, this paper reports estimates of the rates of return to human capital for full-time working male employees in twelve countries. The results are compared across countries and over time of the decade of the eighties.

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  • Wilhelm Lorenz & Joachim Wagner & Karel van den Bosch, 1990. "A Note on the Returns to Human Capital in the Eighties: Evidence from Twelve Countries," LIS Working papers 54, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    2. Cathal O'Donoghue, 1999. "Estimating the Rate of Return to Education using Microsimulation," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 30(3), pages 249-265.
    3. Marten Palme & Robert Wright, 1998. "Changes in the rate of return to education in Sweden: 1968-1991," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(12), pages 1653-1663.
    4. Jiří Večerník, 2001. "Earnings disparities in the czech republic: evidence of the past decade and cross-national comparison," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2001(3).
    5. Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio & Gianmarco Vacca & Stefano Verzillo, 2016. "Human capital estimation in higher education," Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, Springer;German Classification Society - Gesellschaft für Klassifikation (GfKl);Japanese Classification Society (JCS);Classification and Data Analysis Group of the Italian Statistical Society (CLADAG);International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS), vol. 10(4), pages 465-489, December.
    6. Jiři Večerník, 1995. "Changing earnings distribution in the Czech republic: survey evidence from 1988–1994," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 3(3), pages 355-371, September.
    7. Peter Saunders, 1994. "Immigrants and the Distribution of Income: National and International Comparisons," LIS Working papers 123, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    8. Jan Rutkowski, 1996. "High skills pay off: the changing wage structure during economic transition in Poland," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 4(1), pages 89-112, May.

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