Does formal education for older workers increase earnings? Evidence based on rich data and long-term follow-up.

Autor/inn/en	Stenberg, Anders; Luna, Xavier de; Westerlund, Olle
Titel	Does formal education for older workers increase earnings? Evidence based on rich data and long-term follow-up. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Führt formale Bildung zu Einkommenssteigerungen für ältere Arbeitnehmer? Erkenntnisse aus umfangreichen Längsschnittdaten.
Quelle	In: Labour : review of labour economics and industrial relations, 28 (2014) 2, S. 163-189 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1121-7081; 1467-9914
DOI	10.1111/labr.12030
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Sekundarbereich; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Erwachsenenbildung; Dritter Bildungsweg; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Älterer Arbeitnehmer; Schweden
Abstract	Governments in Europe, Canada and the USA have expressed an ambition to stimulate education of older. In this paper, we analyse if there are effects on annual earnings of formal education for participants aged 42 - 55 at the time of enrolment in 1994 - 95. The analysis explores longitudinal population register data stretching from 1982 to 2007. The method used is difference-in-differences propensity score matching based on a rich set of covariates, including indicators of health and labor market marginalization. Our findings underline the importance of long follow up periods and imply positive effects for women, especially so for women with children, and no significant average earnings effects for men. These results differ from earlier studies but are stable to several alternative assumptions regarding unobservable characteristics. Data further indicate that the gender gap in our estimates may stem from differences in underlying reasons for enrolment. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/3