The gender gap of returns on education across West European countries

Concetta Mendolicchio and Thomas Rhein
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Thomas Rhein: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201120, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "We study the returns on education in Europe in a comparative perspective. We extend the model of de la Fuente [(2003). Human Capital in a Global and Knowledgebased Economy. part II: Assessment at the EU Country Level. Report for the European Commission], by estimating the values of the relevant parameters for men and women and introducing several variables specifically related to maternity leaves and benefits. As a preliminary step, we evaluate the effect of education on the wage profile. We estimate the Mincerian coefficients for 12 West European countries using the EU-SILC data for 2007 and use them as input in the optimisation problem of the individual to calibrate the model. Finally, we analyse the impact and relevance of several public policy variables. In particular, we evaluate the elasticities of the returns on education with respect to unemployment benefits, marginal and average tax rates, maternity leaves and childcare benefits." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Belgien; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Dänemark; Frankreich; Irland; Italien; Luxemburg; Niederlande; Österreich; Portugal; Schweden; Spanien; Westeuropa; Bildungsertrag; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Humankapital; internationaler Vergleich; 2007-2007 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-lma
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