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

Date: 2006

Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3312

Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Subject(s): Returns to Education; Over-education; Quantile Regression; Returns to Education; Returns to Education; Over-education; Over-education; Quantile Regression; Quantile Regression

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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'.

Document Type Working paper
Language English
Contributor(s) Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

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

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