The wage premium on tertiary education New estimates for 21 OECD countries

This study focuses on the single most important component of the private return on tertiary education, the gross wage premium. There are at least two additional reasons for paying particular attention to wage premia. First, the wage premium earned by existing graduates is easy to observe, so high-sc...

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Main Author: Strauss, Hubert
Other Authors: de la Maisonneuve, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2009
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