Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence From PIAAC

Eric Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold () and Ludger Woessmann

No 13114, Economics Working Papers from Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Abstract: This paper updates estimations of labor-market returns to human capital by re-examining traditional measures that rely exclusively on school attainment and put too much weight on early-career earnings by incorporating adult skills over full lifecycle earnings in 22 countries.

Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2013-12
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