Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators

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Main Author: Hartog, Joop
Publication Date: 1999
Other Authors: Telhado Pereira, Pedro, Vieira, José António Cabral
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Summary: This paper examines the evolution of the returns to education in Portugal over the 1980s and early 1990s. The main findings indicate that the returns to education have increased, particularly after joining the European Union in 1986. Since this occurred along with an increase in the level of education within the labour force, the process is most likely demand driven. The results also indicate that modelling on average (i.e. OLS) misses important features of the wage structure. Quantile regression (QR) analysis reveals that the effect of education is not constant across the conditional wage distribution. They are higher for those at higher quantiles in the conditional wage distribution. Wage inequality expanded in Portugal over the 1980s and the returns to education had an important role in this process.
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spelling Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression EstimatorsReturns to educationQuantile regressionThis paper examines the evolution of the returns to education in Portugal over the 1980s and early 1990s. The main findings indicate that the returns to education have increased, particularly after joining the European Union in 1986. Since this occurred along with an increase in the level of education within the labour force, the process is most likely demand driven. The results also indicate that modelling on average (i.e. OLS) misses important features of the wage structure. Quantile regression (QR) analysis reveals that the effect of education is not constant across the conditional wage distribution. They are higher for those at higher quantiles in the conditional wage distribution. Wage inequality expanded in Portugal over the 1980s and the returns to education had an important role in this process.Nova SBERUNHartog, JoopTelhado Pereira, PedroVieira, José António Cabral2019-12-03T09:15:58Z19991999-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/89132engHartog, Joop, T. Pereira, Pedro and Vieira, José A. C., Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators (1999). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 336info: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:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:39:34Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/89132Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:36:55.318762Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
title Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
spellingShingle Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
Hartog, Joop
Returns to education
Quantile regression
title_short Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
title_full Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
title_fullStr Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
title_full_unstemmed Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
title_sort Changing Returns to Education in Portugal During the 1980s and Early 1990s: OLS and Quantile Regression Estimators
author Hartog, Joop
author_facet Hartog, Joop
Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Vieira, José António Cabral
author_role author
author2 Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Vieira, José António Cabral
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Hartog, Joop
Telhado Pereira, Pedro
Vieira, José António Cabral
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Returns to education
Quantile regression
topic Returns to education
Quantile regression
description This paper examines the evolution of the returns to education in Portugal over the 1980s and early 1990s. The main findings indicate that the returns to education have increased, particularly after joining the European Union in 1986. Since this occurred along with an increase in the level of education within the labour force, the process is most likely demand driven. The results also indicate that modelling on average (i.e. OLS) misses important features of the wage structure. Quantile regression (QR) analysis reveals that the effect of education is not constant across the conditional wage distribution. They are higher for those at higher quantiles in the conditional wage distribution. Wage inequality expanded in Portugal over the 1980s and the returns to education had an important role in this process.
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