A Dynamic Mincer Equation with an Application to Portuguese Data

Corrado Andini

No 2897, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper argues in favor of a dynamic specification of the Mincer equation, where past observed earnings play the role of additional explanatory variable for current observed earnings. A dynamic approach offers an explanation why the return to schooling in terms of observed earnings is not independent of labor-market experience, as suggested by some recent empirical evidence for the United States.

Keywords: panel data; Mincer equation; return to schooling; wage level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I21 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2007-07
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Published - published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (16), 2091-2098

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