Educational expansion and educational wage premiums of young male employees. A long-term analysis for West Germany 1976'2010.

Autor/inn/en	Alda, Holger; Friedrich, Anett; Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela
Titel	Educational expansion and educational wage premiums of young male employees. A long-term analysis for West Germany 1976'2010. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildungsexpansion und Bildungserträge junger erwerbstätiger Männer. Eine Längsschnittanalyse für Westdeutschland 1976-2010.
Quelle	In: Social science research, (2020) 85, Art. 102351, 23 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-089X; 1096-0317
DOI	10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102351
Schlagwörter	Bildungsexpansion; Bildungsertrag; Ausbildung; Erwerbstätiger; Nicht formal Qualifizierter; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Integrierte Arbeitsmarktbiografien; Hochschulabsolvent; Absolvent; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	"For decades, Western societies have experienced educational expansion accompanied by an upgrading of skills. The literature provides competing hypotheses on the consequences for educational wage returns - among them are the positional value theory, routine-biased technological change, and the social closure theory. We test these theoretical perspectives empirically on young, male full-time workers in West Germany between 1976 and 2010 in two ideal-type occupational segments using 2.34 million administrative earnings records (Sample of Integrated Labor Market Biographies, SIAB). Our findings show no credential inflation across all levels of education. Instead, the picture in both segments - negative effects of educational expansion on the returns to medium- but not high-level skills - confirms the predictions of routine-biased technological change. Wage premiums for medium-skilled workers differ between segments: the premiums worsen over time in the general segment whereas social-closure mechanisms seem to weaken this negative trend for vocational graduates in the specific segment." (Author's Abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3