Why Does the Productivity of Education Vary across Individuals in Egypt? Firm Size, Gender, and Access to Technology as Sources of Heterogeneity in Returns to Education

Why Does the Productivity of Education Vary across Individuals in Egypt? Firm Size, Gender, and Access to Technology as Sources of Heterogeneity in Returns to Education

The paper estimates the rates of return to investment in education in Egypt, allowing for multiple sources of heterogeneity across individuals. The paper finds that, in the period 1998-2006, returns to education increased for workers with higher ed...

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Main Authors: Herrera, Santiago, Badr, Karim
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO COMPUTERS
BASIC EDUCATION
CHILDREN
CLASSROOM
COMMUNICATION
COMPLETION
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
COMPUTER SKILLS
COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DISTANCE LEARNING
EARLY EDUCATION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL PATHS
EMPLOYEES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE GRADUATES
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FIRM SIZE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENERAL EDUCATION
GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
GRADUATES
GROUPS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
ILLITERATE POPULATION
ILLITERATES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
ITS
JOB
JOB TRAINING
KNOWLEDGE
LABOR
LABOR CONTRACT
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEARNING
LEARNING PROCESS
LEARNING PROGRAMS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
MALE WORKERS
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION RATES
PREVIOUS DRAFT
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
RATES OF RETURN
RATES OF RETURN TO EDUCATION
RETAIL TRADE
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SCHOOL
SCHOOL DROP
SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY CERTIFICATE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY STUDENTS
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS
SOCIAL WORK
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STATISTICS
STUDENTS
STUDIES
STUDY
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
TEACHERS
TECHNOLOGY
TRAINING
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
UNSKILLED LABOR
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGE DISPERSION
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGE LEVELS
WAGE PREMIUM
WAGE PREMIUMS
WOMEN
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110727094819
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3503

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