Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins

Orley Ashenfelter and Alan Krueger

No 683, Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: This paper uses a new survey to contrast the wages of genetically identical twins with different schooling levels. Multiple measurements of schooling levels were also collected to assess the effect of reporting error on the estimated economic returns to schooling. The data indicate that omitted ability variables do not bias the estimated return to schooling upward, but that measurement error does bias it downward. Adjustment for measurement error indicates that an additional year of schooling increases wages by 12-l6t, a higher estimate of the economic returns to schooling than has been previously found.

Keywords: twins; return to education; education; measurement error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992-07
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Journal Article: Estimates of the Economic Returns to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins (1994)
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