Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
working papers, economic history
Economics Letters
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.007
313/2017 Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold and LudgerWoessmann
International data from the PIAAC survey allow estimation of comparable labour-market returns to skills for 32 countries. Returns to skills are larger in faster growing economies, consistent with the hypothesis that skills are particularly important for adaptation to economic change.
Economic History
Economics Letters
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.007