Arbeitspapier
Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education
This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that postponement of higher education is associated with a persistent and non-trivial earnings penalty. The main source of the persistent penalty appears to be the loss of work experience after studies. Two years postponement reduces the present value of life time earnings by 40-50 percent of annual earnings at age 40.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2006:11
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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timing of education
schooling interruptions
work experience
Bildungsökonomik
Bildungsverhalten
Zeitpräferenz
Bildungsertrag
Studium
Schweden
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Holmlund, Bertil
Liu, Qian
Nordström Skans, Oskar
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
- (wo)
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Uppsala
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Holmlund, Bertil
- Liu, Qian
- Nordström Skans, Oskar
- Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
Entstanden
- 2006