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Individual earnings and educational externalities in the European Union

Individual earnings and educational externalities in the European Union
Individual earnings and educational externalities in the European Union
This paper examines whether differences in educational externalities affect individual earnings across regions in the European Union. Using microeconomic data from the European Community Household Panel, it resorts to spatial economic analysis in order to determine to what extent differences in individual earnings are the result of (1) the educational attainment of the individual, (2) the educational attainment of the other members of the household in which he/she lives, (3) the educational endowment of the region where the individual lives, or (4) the educational endowment of the neighbouring regions. The results highlight that, in addition to the expected positive returns of personal educational attainment, place-based regional and supra-regional educational externalities generate significant pecuniary benefits for workers. These findings are robust to the inclusion of different individual, household, and regional control variables.
individual earnings, educational attainment, externalities, households, regions, Europe
0034-3404
39-57
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés
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Tselios, Vassilis
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Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés
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Tselios, Vassilis
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Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés and Tselios, Vassilis (2012) Individual earnings and educational externalities in the European Union. Regional Studies, 46 (1), 39-57. (doi:10.1080/00343404.2010.485351).

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This paper examines whether differences in educational externalities affect individual earnings across regions in the European Union. Using microeconomic data from the European Community Household Panel, it resorts to spatial economic analysis in order to determine to what extent differences in individual earnings are the result of (1) the educational attainment of the individual, (2) the educational attainment of the other members of the household in which he/she lives, (3) the educational endowment of the region where the individual lives, or (4) the educational endowment of the neighbouring regions. The results highlight that, in addition to the expected positive returns of personal educational attainment, place-based regional and supra-regional educational externalities generate significant pecuniary benefits for workers. These findings are robust to the inclusion of different individual, household, and regional control variables.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 24 June 2011
Published date: 2012
Keywords: individual earnings, educational attainment, externalities, households, regions, Europe
Organisations: Economy, Society and Space

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Local EPrints ID: 340926
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/340926
ISSN: 0034-3404
PURE UUID: b60e37ce-078b-4c69-952b-84d060d78999

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Date deposited: 06 Jul 2012 13:45
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:31

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Author: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Author: Vassilis Tselios

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