Return to College Education Revisited: Is Relevance Relevant?

Autor/in	Yakusheva, Olga
Titel	Return to College Education Revisited: Is Relevance Relevant?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 6, S.1125-1142 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.06.006
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Education Work Relationship; Majors (Students); Economics; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Cost Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Income; Compensation (Remuneration); Occupations; Career Choice; College Graduates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Einkommen; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin
Abstract	This study examines whether the size of the college earnings premium varies depending on the quality of the match between an individual's degree field and his/her occupation. The study uses the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to obtain a new measure of the quality of occupational match for a sample of 2268 young adults with post-secondary degrees from the restricted use High School and Beyond (1980/92) data. The study finds that people whose occupations better match their degree fields earn significantly higher returns to post-secondary schooling. This result is robust to controlling for an extensive set of pre-existing differences among individuals, and to accounting for differences in earnings across post-secondary degree fields. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10