This paper looks at the economic returns to different fields of study in Ireland in 2004 and
also the value placed on various job-related competencies, accumulated on completion of …

This paper analyses the returns to education of specific occupations in Canada. The
purpose is to scrutinize whether and in how far academic and vocational education do differ …

This paper uses data from the 1991 sweep of the National Child Development Study
(NCDS) and the 1998 Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide a comprehensive analysis of …

This paper exploits the homogeneity of data from a cohort of Northern Ireland graduates to
explore the extent to which both the incidence and impacts of overeducation are specific to …

Report of a study commissioned by [the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills] BIS
analysing the economic returns associated with intermediate and low level vocational …

PARTICIPATION IN post-compulsory education has grown dramatically in the UK in recent
times. Participation in higher education doubled in just a few years from the mid 1960s with …

This paper provides estimates of the impact of higher education qualifications on the
earnings of graduates in the UK by subject studied. We use data from the recent UK Labour …

Research indicates that a significant proportion of the US work force (between 11% and
40% of white males) have more education than is actually required for their jobs, ie are …

This paper relates educational resources in higher education (HE) to labour market earnings
for UK graduates. A positive relationship between (various types of) resources deployed and …

This paper is concerned with the returns to education. In particular we focus on education as
a private decision to invest in “human capital” and we explore the “internal” rate of return to …