A5036575575- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- School Choice and Performance
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Education Systems and Policy
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Higher Education and Employability
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Housing Market and Economics
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
University of Dundee
2016-2025
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
2014-2024
Anhui Academy of Medical Sciences
2024
Anhui Polytechnic University
2024
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
2017-2022
Fujian Normal University
2021
International Labour Organization
2019-2020
China Jiliang University
2016
University of Kent
2005-2014
National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control
2014
Journal Article Overqualification, job dissatisfaction, and increasing dispersion in the returns to graduate education Get access Francis Green, Green * *School of Economics, University Kent Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yu Zhu † †School Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NP; e-mail: Y.Zhu-5@kent.ac.uk Economic Papers, Volume 62, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 740–763, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpq002 Published: 09 February 2010
Education has an important effect on wages but it not clear whether this is because education raises productivity or simply a signal of ability. We implement number existing tests for discriminating between these two explanations and find that they do support the signalling hypothesis. However, we have severe reservations about results propose alternative test based changes in incentives caused by minimum school leaving age 1970s. Using idea UK data appear to strongly human capital explanation.
Abstract This paper reports estimates of the UK “college premium” for young graduates across successive cohorts from large cross‐section datasets pooled 1994 to 2006—a period when higher education participation rate increased dramatically. The growth in relative labour demand suggests that graduate supply considerably outstripped which ought imply a fall premium. We find no significant men and even large, but insignificant, rise women. Quantile regression results reveal premium only bottom...
This paper investigates the effect of One Belt Road (OBOR) initiative on China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) using a dataset all host countries for period 2010–2015. The employed econometric technique combines difference-in-differences estimator with matching techniques. results show that OFDI in OBOR is about 40% higher than non-OBOR countries. After initiative, from China increases by 46.2% However, after controlling heterogeneity across and approach, significance increasing...
Private schooling is an important feature of education systems across the world. Despite its relatively small size, British private school sector has a long history and plays prominent role in society. We provide evidence showing that schools have been successful transforming their ability to generate academic outputs are most demand modern economy: private/state wage differential risen significantly over time, significant factor faster rising educational attainment for privately‐educated...
China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment the decade starting 1999. Using Household Finance Survey, we show that Great HE Expansion has exacerbated large pre-existing urban-rural gap educational attainment underpinned by hukou (household registration) system. We instrument years of schooling with interaction between urban status during childhood and timing expansion – essence difference-in-differences estimator using rural students to control for...
Abstract This article examines the determinants of multiple job holding in UK. We address these issues using data from first 11 waves British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which covered period 1991 to 2001. Evidence BHPS does not support hypotheses main hours constrained and insecurity. argue that incentive for moonlighting UK is due financial pressures desire heterogeneous jobs. The empirical work carried out separately men women. Acknowledgements Zhongmin Wu grateful Professor Jim Hughes...
Abstract: Many of the large, donor‐funded community‐based conservation projects that seek to reduce biodiversity loss in tropics have been unsuccessful. There is, therefore, a need for empirical evaluations identify driving factors and provide evidence supports development context‐specific projects. We used quantitative approach measure, post hoc, effectiveness US$19 million Integrated Conservation Development Project (ICDP) sought through villages bordering Kerinci Seblat National Park,...
Abstract This article studies the impact of remittances on savings behaviour rural households in China, using a primary survey undertaken by authors 2006. Allowing for endogeneity and left-censoring remittances, we find that marginal propensity to save out is well below half other sources incomes. Moreover, no evidence any direct effect either capital input or gross output farm production. These findings are robust with respect alternative definition line recent which conclude largely used...
We use a large and novel administrative dataset to investigate returns different university 'degrees' (subject-institution combinations) in the United Kingdom. Conditioning on rich set of background characteristics, we find substantial variation across degrees with similar selectivity levels, suggesting students' degree choices matter lot for later-life earnings. Returns increase much more at top distribution than further down, some subjects others. are poorly correlated observable...
This paper provides findings from the UK Labour Force Surveys 1996 to 2003 on financial private returns a degree - "college premium." The data covers decade when university participation rate doubled yet we find no significant evidence that mean return dropped in response this large increase flow of graduates. However, do quite falls compare cohorts went before and after recent rapid expansion HE. is consistent with notion new graduates are close substitute for but poor substitutes older...
Governments, over much of the developed world, make significant financial transfers to parents with dependent children. For example, in United States recently introduced Child Tax Credit (CTC), which goes almost all children, costs $1 billion each week, or about 0.4% GNP. The Kingdom has even more generous and spends an average $30 a week on 8 million children—about 1% typical rationale given for these is that they are good our children here we investigate effect such household spending...
We focus on the impact of migrants' remittances consumption patterns in China. Using a large homogenous sample rural households surveyed 2001 and 2004, we find that are spent nonhousing expenditures at margin, virtually dollar-for-dollar, when instrument local employed earnings using proxies social networks. Our findings robust to intra-household division labour fixed-effect for county which respondents registered. These results imply largely take as permanent income consistent with...