Can over-education account for the positive association between education and within-groups wage inequality?

• Autor(es): Budría, Santiago
• Data: 2006
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3312
• Origem: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Assunto(s): Returns to Education; Over-education; Quantile Regression
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de trabalho
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Descrição

International evidence shows that conditional wage dispersion increases as we move towards more educated individuals. This paper asks whether over-education accounts for this fact. The answer is a resounding 'no'.