Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates

This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation using data from 1994 to 2018. Although the returns to schooling increased for a time, they are now much lower than the global average. Private returns to educat...

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Main Authors:	Melianova, Ekaterina, Parandekar, Suhas D., Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Volgin, Artem
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	RETURNS TO EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172031599588105838/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34473

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spelling	okr-10986-344732022-09-20T00:11:55Z Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates Melianova, Ekaterina Parandekar, Suhas D. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Volgin, Artem RETURNS TO EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation using data from 1994 to 2018. Although the returns to schooling increased for a time, they are now much lower than the global average. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared with 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. 2020-09-17T18:56:22Z 2020-09-17T18:56:22Z 2020-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172031599588105838/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34473 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9387 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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spellingShingle	RETURNS TO EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LABOR MARKET Melianova, Ekaterina Parandekar, Suhas D. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Volgin, Artem Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates
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description	This paper presents new estimates of the returns to education in the Russian Federation using data from 1994 to 2018. Although the returns to schooling increased for a time, they are now much lower than the global average. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared with 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	Working Paper
author	Melianova, Ekaterina Parandekar, Suhas D. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Volgin, Artem
author_facet	Melianova, Ekaterina Parandekar, Suhas D. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Volgin, Artem
author_sort	Melianova, Ekaterina
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/172031599588105838/Returns-to-Education-in-the-Russian-Federation-Some-New-Estimates http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34473
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Returns to Education in the Russian Federation : Some New Estimates

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