EFFECTS OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON EARNINGS AND RETURNS TO SCHOOLING - EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL

被引：133

作者：

LAM, D ^{[1
]}

SCHOENI, RF ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] RAND CORP,SANTA MONICA,CA 90406

来源：

JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY | 1993年 / 101卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1086/261894

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate whether omitted family background variables are responsible for high returns to schooling estimated in Brazil. Returns to schooling fall by about one-third when parental schooling is added to wage equations. Surprisingly, the schooling of fathers-in-law has larger effects on wages than the schooling of fathers. On the basis of a model of assortative mating we interpret this as evidence that parental characteristics represent unobservable worker attributes rather than nepotism in the labor market. We conclude that the ''family background bias'' in returns to schooling is modest and need not imply returns to family connections.

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页码：710 / 740

页数：31

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