This section will offer descriptions as weil as discussions of data sources that may be of
interest to social scientists engaged in empirical research or teaching courses that include …

Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in
the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education …

This article examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at
different points of the conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large …

Studies from US data have found mixed results regarding sibling sex composition effects
and educational outcomes. Some researchers have found that sisters hurt women's …

We are grateful to Dean R. Lillard (PAM; Cornell University) and Stephen P. Jenkins (ISER,
University of Essex) for comments. All remaining errors, in particular gaps in our descriptions …

Preliminary evidence suggests that the rates of return to education in Venezuela have been
declining since the 1970s. This study rigorously estimates the returns to education in …

This paper uses quantile regression techniques to analyze heterogeneous patterns of return
to education across the conditional wage distribution in four transition countries. We correct …

Ireland offers a valuable case study of the evolution of wage inequality in a period of
exceptional growth in output, employment and incomes from 1994 to 2007. We find that …

The concept of linking higher education and economic growth was diffused throughout the
world in the 20th century. Responding to the needs of industries during that period, higher …

This sudy uses a Mincerian earnings function to estimate the effect of education and
experience on the wages of women working in developed business and trade center of …