How Large are Aggregate Human-Capital Externalities?

This paper proposes a method to estimate aggregate human capital externalities in a model of heterogeneous agents that imposes consistency between micro-level and macro-level Mincer returns to schooling. Externalities are estimated to be in the order of 1-5%, which are in line with the most recent f...

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Autores principales: Alcalá, Luis, Mahnic, Pablo
Formato: Objeto de conferencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/169109
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Sumario:This paper proposes a method to estimate aggregate human capital externalities in a model of heterogeneous agents that imposes consistency between micro-level and macro-level Mincer returns to schooling. Externalities are estimated to be in the order of 1-5%, which are in line with the most recent findings in the literature.