It is commonly believed that labour‐market returns to education are highest for the primary
level of education and lower for subsequent levels. Recent evidence reviewed in this article …

This paper reviews labor market developments in the countries of Eastern Europe and the
former Soviet Union since the beginning of transition. The paper examines the relationship …

This paper examines economic returns to schooling in urban China using ordinary least
square (OLS) and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies. First, we find that OLS estimates …

In this paper, we aim to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India
are responsible for low female work participation. The National Sample Survey Office …

Belarus (BY) faces broad needs for energy security enhancement, energy diversification,
and improvements in the state of the environment. Being the 13th largest importer of natural …

This paper studies the effect of working hours on vertical sex segregation using Belgian
micro-data on promotions. Using Yun decompositions we find that more than 40% of the …

During the Soviet era, proficiency in the Russian language was often a ticket to attractive
employment opportunities in the member republics. Does it still contribute to securing …

This paper examines rates of return to schooling in Kazakhstan using OLS (Ordinary Least
Squares) and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies. We use spouse's education and …

The study provides estimates of the private returns to education in Pakistan by using a
random sample of 850 wage earners including male and female from different professions …

This book studies some important issues in China's labor market, such as rural labor
migration, employment and wage discrimination, the new dual labor market, and economic …