Sara M. González Betancor () (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión Campus de Tafira. Facultad de CC. EE y EE. Despacho D-3.17, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Tel. +34 928 458162 Fax +34 928 458225) C. Delia Dávila Quintana () (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión Campus de Tafira. Facultad de CC. EE y EE. Despacho D-4.02, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tel. +34 928 451818) José A. Gil Jurado () (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión Campus de Tafira. Facultad de CC. EE y EE. Despacho D-4.03, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tel. +34 928 451840)
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This paper attempts to explain individual variation in wages by estimating different wage equations. The study has two goals: first, to analyze the effect of years of schooling on the wages of vocational training graduates using a more precise measure for schooling than that commonly used in wage equations; and second, to analyze the effect on these wages of the match or mismatch between the knowledge and the skills acquired in the schooling and the needs of the job. The analysis shows that knowledge and skills acquired through vocational training (over-/under- education and over-/under- skilling), have a statistically significant influence on wages.
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