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Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions

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  • Zamarro, G.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

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This paper presents a method for estimating returns to multiple schooling levels taking into account that returns may be heterogeneous among agents and that educational decisions are made sequentially. A sequential decision model explicitly considers that the level of education is the result of previous schooling choices and so, the variation of supply-side instruments over time will emerge as a source of identification of the desired parameters. A test for heterogeneity in returns from sequential schooling decisions is developed and expressions for Marginal Treatment Effects are obtained in this context. Returns are estimated and tested from cross-sectional data from a Spanish household survey that contains rich family background information and useful instruments. This methodology is used to analyze possible effects of the 1970 reform of the Spanish education system.
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  • Zamarro, G., 2006. "Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions," Other publications TiSEM 9fd0641a-a631-4625-b8db-7, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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