Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

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Autor(a) principal: Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Data de Publicação: 2000
Outros Autores: Martins, Pedro S.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/84964
Resumo: We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analyzing the differences in returns to education across the wage distribution and across time. Four different patterns emerge: 1) a positive and increasing contribution of education upon within-levels wage inequality –the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role – Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact – Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that education is a risky investment. These results suggest a positive interaction between schooling and ability with respect to earnings.
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spelling Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European CountriesReturns to EducationEarnings InequalityQuantile RegressionsAbilityEducation SystemsLabour-Market InstitutionsWe address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analyzing the differences in returns to education across the wage distribution and across time. Four different patterns emerge: 1) a positive and increasing contribution of education upon within-levels wage inequality –the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role – Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact – Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that education is a risky investment. These results suggest a positive interaction between schooling and ability with respect to earnings.Nova SBERUNTelhado Pereira, PedroMartins, Pedro S.2019-10-21T13:39:38Z2000-02-042000-02-04T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/84964engTelhado Pereira, Pedro and Martins, Pedro S., Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries (February, 2000). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 379info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:37:53Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/84964Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:36:33.309528Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
spellingShingle Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Returns to Education
Earnings Inequality
Quantile Regressions
Ability
Education Systems
Labour-Market Institutions
title_short Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
title_full Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
title_fullStr Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
title_full_unstemmed Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
title_sort Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
author Telhado Pereira, Pedro
author_facet Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Martins, Pedro S.
author_role author
author2 Martins, Pedro S.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Martins, Pedro S.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Returns to Education
Earnings Inequality
Quantile Regressions
Ability
Education Systems
Labour-Market Institutions
topic Returns to Education
Earnings Inequality
Quantile Regressions
Ability
Education Systems
Labour-Market Institutions
description We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analyzing the differences in returns to education across the wage distribution and across time. Four different patterns emerge: 1) a positive and increasing contribution of education upon within-levels wage inequality –the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role – Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact – Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that education is a risky investment. These results suggest a positive interaction between schooling and ability with respect to earnings.
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