Endogeneity of schooling in the wage function: evidence from the rural Philippines

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dc.creatorMaluccio, John
dc.date1998
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:14Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:00:12Z
dc.descriptionThis paper evaluates the effect (in terms of private returns) of investment in education on wages in the rural Philippines. Statistical endogeneity of education in the wage function may result from (1) unobserved determinants of education that also influence wages and/or (2) measurement error. Panel data are used that provide relevant instruments, particularly distance to schools and measures of household resources, at the time of schooling, to endogenize investments in education while estimating wage functions. The estimated return to education increases more than 60 percent when education is endogenized. This increase is robust to the inclusion of a measure of health, models of selection into the sample, and measurement error. The paper suggests how heterogeneous returns to education might account for the magnitude of the downward bias in returns to schooling.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91751
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMaluccio, John. 1998. Endogeneity of schooling in the wage function: evidence from the rural Philippines. FCND Discussion Paper 54. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161220
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectrural population
dc.titleEndogeneity of schooling in the wage function: evidence from the rural Philippines
dc.typeWorking Paper

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