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Estimating complementarity between education and training

In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural model of post-schooling training that explicitly allows for possible complementarity between initial schooling levels and returns to training. Precisely, the wage outcome equation depends on accumulated schooling and on the incidence of training. The effect of training on wage growth depends on individual permanent endowments as well as on education. We find evidence of statistically significant complementarity, i.e. the higher educated receive the highest return to the MBA-type training considered here.

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Authors: Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jorgen; Kristensen, Nicolai
Corporate authors: Institute for the Study of Labour (Germany) (IZA)
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Denmark
Resource type: Paper
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Participation; Outcomes; Statistics;

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