The Returns to Higher Education in Britain

Evidence From a British Cohort

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9705758
AutoresRichard Blundell (0000-0003-1588-2299, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College, London), Lorraine Dearden (0000-0002-9529-8860, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Alissa Goodman (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Howard Reed (0000-0003-4577-1178, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College, London)
Año2000
Volumen110
Número461
PáginasF82-F99
Fecha de publicación2000-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-0297.00508
OpenAlexW2084943577
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas40
Referencias citadas4

We use British birth cohort panel data to examine the impact that degree level qualifications and other higher education qualifications have on the earnings of individuals in the medium to longer term. We compare the outcomes of these individuals with those of individuals who had the prospect of undertaking Higher Education but chose not to. Our approach involves 'matching' these individuals according to observed characteristics which we have in the data such as ability, family background and demographics and then comparing outcomes between individuals who proved to HE and otherwise identical individuals who had the opportunity but did not

Cohort · Demographic economics · Economics · Political science · Global Health Workforce Issues · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Internal Medicine · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine