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. The reduction of lifetime earnings associated with two years postponement of higher education amounts to 40-50 percent of annual earnings at age 40.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2006:17

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
timing of education
schooling interruptions
returns to work experience
Bildungsökonomik
Bildungsverhalten
Zeitpräferenz
Bildungsertrag
Studium
Schweden

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Holmlund, Bertil
Liu, Qian
Nordström Skans, Oskar
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Uppsala University, Department of Economics
(wo)
Uppsala
(wann)
2006

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-83092
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Holmlund, Bertil
  • Liu, Qian
  • Nordström Skans, Oskar
  • Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2006

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