Books are Forever
Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Earnings in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9707841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgio Brunello (0000-0002-4830-4199, University of Padova and IZA), Guglielmo Weber (0000-0002-2137-9676, University of Padova, CEPR and IFS, corresponding author), Christoph T Weiss (University of Padua), Christoph Weiss (0000-0002-6131-0817, University of Padua) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 600 |
| Pages | 271-296 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12307 |
| OpenAlex | W2152333272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 39 |
We estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings by distinguishing between individuals who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals with access to many or few books at home at age ten. We instrument years of education using compulsory school reforms and find that, whereas individuals in rural areas were most affected by the reforms, those with many books enjoyed substantially higher returns to their additional education. We show that books retain explanatory power even when we select relatively homogeneous groups in terms of the economic position of the household
Compulsory education · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Explanatory power · Homogeneous · Labour economics · Political science · Position (finance · Power (physics · Rural area · Accounting · Finance · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |