On‐Farm and Off‐Farm Returns to Education among Farm Operators in Northern Ireland

dc.creator	Wallace, Michael T.
dc.creator	Jack, Claire G.
dc.date	2017-04-01T18:58:45Z
dc.date.accessioned	2026-07-09T05:38:43Z
dc.description	This paper estimates returns to education for a sample of farm operators in Northern Ireland. The analysis examines the relationship between education and on-farm and off-farm labour incomes. Human capital earnings functions are estimated to identify the marginal return to education measured as years of schooling as well as the qualification level attained. Extending to a structural model, the methodology controls for the endogeneity of education in the earnings function and potential selection bias associated with off-farm labour market participation. In off-farm employment, the analysis shows that returns to education are of the order of between 6% and 9% for each additional year of schooling. However, on-farm earnings were not found to be significantly related to years of education, although the analysis does identify a significant on-farm return to an agricultural qualification
dc.identifier	doi:10.22004/ag.econ.108786
dc.identifier	https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/108786/files/49Wallace-Jack.pdf
dc.identifier	http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/108786
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/566479
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher
dc.source	http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/108786
dc.title	On‐Farm and Off‐Farm Returns to Education among Farm Operators in Northern Ireland
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