Books Are Forever : Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Earnings in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T.

Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers, 2012, 842

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タイトル
Books Are Forever : Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Earnings in Europe
著者
著者名
Brunello, Giorgio
著者名
Weber, Guglielmo
著者名
Weiss, Christoph T.
キーワード等
lifetime earnings
returns to education
Europe
抄録
We estimate the effect of education on lifetime income in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals who had access to many or few books at age ten. We instrument years of education using reforms of compulsory education in nine different countries, and find that individuals in rural areas were most affected by the reforms. Among those affected, individuals with many books at home at age ten enjoyed substantially higher returns to their additional education. We argue that the long – lasting beneficial effects of having books at home are due to the cultural environment in the household and the development of cognitive skills rather than to the presence of short - term liquidity constraints.
出版者
The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
収録物名
Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
巻(号)
842
刊行年月
2012-05
言語
英語
ハンドルURL
https://hdl.handle.net/11094/23401
関連情報 (references)
URI
https://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/static/resources/docs/dp/2012/DP0842.pdf
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ディスカッション／ワーキング・ペーパー DP/WP
Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers