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 on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school reforms significantly affect educational attainment, especially among individuals belonging to the lowest quantiles of the distribution of ability. There is also evidence that additional education reduces conditional wage inequality, and that education and ability are substitutes in the earnings function.
Brunello G., Fort M., Weber G. (2009). Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe. ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 119, 516-539 [10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02244.x].
Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
FORT, MARGHERITA;
2009
Abstract
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 on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school reforms significantly affect educational attainment, especially among individuals belonging to the lowest quantiles of the distribution of ability. There is also evidence that additional education reduces conditional wage inequality, and that education and ability are substitutes in the earnings function.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.