Education returns of wage earners and self-employed workers: Comment

B-Tier
Journal: Economics of Education Review
Year: 2009
Volume: 28
Issue: 5
Pages: 641-644

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In a recent paper, García-Mainar and Montuenga-Gómez [García-Mainar, I. & Montuenga-Gómez, V. M. (2005). Education returns of wage earners and self-employed workers: Portugal vs. Spain. Economics of Education Review, 24(2), 161-170] apply the generalized IV model of Hausman and Taylor to estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several problems which relate to the validity and documentation of the instrumental variables, as well as the robustness of the results.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecoedu:v:28:y:2009:i:5:p:641-644
Journal Field
Education
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25