Oppdragsgivers prosjektnr.:
Frisch prosjekt: 1104 - Returns to education in Norway
The effect of schooling on earnings: The role of family background studied by a large sample of Norwegian twins
Link to article:
Authors:
Raaum, O., T.E. Aabø
Year:
1999
Reference:
Memorandum
Number in series: 16
Summary
A large representative sample of twins is used to estimate the causal effect of schooling on earnings in Norway, for both men and women. The within-twin-pair estimates reveal that standard cross section (OLS) estimates of the effect on male hourly earnings are biased upwards. For women, no such bias is found. However, family background seems to affect both educational attainment and post-schooling labour supply of women, implying that the standard estimate of the effect of schooling on female annual earnings is upward biased.
Project:
Oppdragsgiver: AAD, Inntektsavdelingen og StudiefinansieringsutvalgetOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.:
Frisch prosjekt: 1104 - Returns to education in Norway
Contact:
oddbjorn.raaum@frisch.uio.no
Financing:
Norwegian Research Council
