Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates

Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates

This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared to vocational education, and the returns to education for females are higher...

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Main Authors: Patrinos, Harry, Parandekar, Suhas, Melianova, Ekaterina, Volgin, Artem
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RATE OF RETURN
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LABOR MARKET
TERTIARY EDUCATION
GENDER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515111592412782791/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates
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spelling okr-10986-339762021-05-25T09:54:33Z Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates Patrinos, Harry Parandekar, Suhas Melianova, Ekaterina Volgin, Artem RETURNS TO EDUCATION RATE OF RETURN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING LABOR MARKET TERTIARY EDUCATION GENDER This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared to vocational education, and the returns to education for females are higher than for males. Returns for females show an inverse U-shaped curve over the past two decades. Female education is a policy priority and there is a need to investigate the labor market relevance of vocational education. Higher education may have reached an expansion limit and it may be necessary to investigate options for increasing the productivity of schooling. 2020-06-24T20:17:23Z 2020-06-24T20:17:23Z 2020-06-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515111592412782791/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33976 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RATE OF RETURN
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LABOR MARKET
TERTIARY EDUCATION
GENDER
spellingShingle RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RATE OF RETURN
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LABOR MARKET
TERTIARY EDUCATION
GENDER
Patrinos, Harry
Parandekar, Suhas
Melianova, Ekaterina
Volgin, Artem
Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
description This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared to vocational education, and the returns to education for females are higher than for males. Returns for females show an inverse U-shaped curve over the past two decades. Female education is a policy priority and there is a need to investigate the labor market relevance of vocational education. Higher education may have reached an expansion limit and it may be necessary to investigate options for increasing the productivity of schooling.
format Report
author Patrinos, Harry
Parandekar, Suhas
Melianova, Ekaterina
Volgin, Artem
author_facet Patrinos, Harry
Parandekar, Suhas
Melianova, Ekaterina
Volgin, Artem
author_sort Patrinos, Harry
title Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
title_short Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
title_full Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
title_fullStr Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
title_full_unstemmed Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
title_sort returns to education in the russian federation : some new estimates
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515111592412782791/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33976
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