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Mincer Earnings Functions for the Netherlands 1962-2012

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  • Joop Hartog
  • Sander Gerritsen

Abstract

We extract estimation results on the Mincer earnings function from four earlier studies and add new results from a recent dataset. We analyse differences related to differences in earnings concepts, in sampling frame and differences among studies that cannot be explained. Jointly, the studies show a clear U-shaped development in the rate of return to education from 1962 to 2012, with a bottom in the 1980’s. We explain this from Tinbergens’s race between suppy and demand (schooling and technology) and suggest this may be a widespread international pattern. Returns to potential experience show no marked time trend.

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  • Joop Hartog & Sander Gerritsen, 2016. "Mincer Earnings Functions for the Netherlands 1962-2012," CESifo Working Paper Series 5719, CESifo.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_5719
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    1. Bussink, Henri & ter Weel, Bas, 2022. "Costs and Benefits of an Individual Learning Account (ILA): A Simulation Analysis for the Netherlands," IZA Discussion Papers 15649, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Yasser Razak Hussain & Pranab Mukhopadhyay, 2023. "How Much do Education, Experience, and Social Networks Impact Earnings in India? A Panel Data Analysis Disaggregated by Class, Gender, Caste and Religion," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
    3. Bussink, Henri & ter Weel, Bas, 2023. "Costs and benefits of an individual learning account (ILA): A simulation analysis for the Netherlands," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).

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    Keywords

    returns to education; Mincer earnings equation; race supply and demand;
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    JEL classification:

    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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