Does education raise productivity and wages equally?

The moderating role of age and gender

We estimate the impact of education on productivity, wage costs and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using Belgian linked panel data. Findings highlight that educational credentials have a stronger impact on productivity than on wage costs. Firms’ profitability is found to rise when lower educa...

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Volume:	7
Main Author:	Kampelmann, Stephan Rycx, François Saks, Yves Tojerow, Ilan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018 SpringerOpen
published in:	IZA journal of labor economics Vol. 7; no. Art. 1; pp. 37 - 7:Art. 1<37
Data of publication:	2018
ISSN:	2193-8997 2193-8997
EISSN:	2193-8997
Discipline:	Economics Education
Subjects:	Bildungsertrag Lohnhöhe Bildungsökonomie Belgien Geschlechtsspezifik Arbeitsproduktivität Investition Humankapital Economics Productivity Population Economics C33 Education Labour costs I21 J31 Age Linked panel data Gender J24 Labor Economics
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