TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ashenfelter,Orley
AU  - Harmon,Colm
AU  - Oosterbeek,Hessel
TI  - A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication Bias
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7457
PY  - 2000
Y2  - January 2000
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7457
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7457.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Orley C. Ashenfelter
Industrial Relations Section
Firestone Library
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ  08544
Tel: 609/258-4040
Fax: 609/258-2907
E-Mail: c6789@princeton.edu

Colm Harmon
E-Mail: colm.harmon@ucd.ie

Hessel Oosterbeek
Amsterdam School of Economics
University of Amsterdam
Roetersstraat 11
Room 3.60, Building E
1018 WB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-Mail: h.oosterbeek@uva.nl
AB  - In this paper we provide an analytical review of previous estimates of the rate of return on schooling investments and measure how these estimates vary by country, over time, and by estimation method.  We find evidence reporting (or  file drawer') bias in the estimates and, after due account is taken of this bias, we find that differences due to estimation method are much smaller than is sometimes reported, although some are statistically significant.  We also find that estimated returns are higher in the U.S. and they have increased in the last two decades.
ER  -