LT Topic 1: Human Capital

Question 1

Two-choice schooling model: assumptions

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Question 2

Two-choice schooling model: graph

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Question 3

Two-choice schooling model:

Compare the PV of both income streams (educated vs uneducated)

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Question 4

Continuous-choice schooling model:

Wage-schooling locus

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Question 5

Continuous-Choice Schooling model:

State the PV of earnings after s years of school

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Question 6

Continuous-Choice Schooling model:

Derive the PV of earnings after s years of school

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Question 7

Continuous-Choice Schooling model:

From the FOC of PV of earnings of s years of schooling, show MRR = r

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Question 8

Explain the stopping rule

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Question 9

The determinants of schooling decision:

Why do people make different educational choices?

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• Differences in the rate of discount
• Differences in ability

Question 10

The determinant of schooling:

Graphically show the difference in rate of discount:

1) Rate of interest vs years of schooling
2) Dollars vs years of schooling

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Question 11

Reasons of different abilities

Impact of MRR if have higher ability

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Question 12

Graphically show the difference in ability:

1) Rate of interest vs years of schooling
2) Dollars vs years of schooling

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Question 13

The economic of schooling - Summary

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Question 14

Measurement of MRR - formula

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Question 15

Estimate the rate of return to schooling:

Regression formula

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Question 16

Estimating the return to schooling:

Jacob Mincer equation

Question 17

Why is the return of education smaller in the specification without experience?

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Question 18

Explain ability bias

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Question 19

Ability bias regression model:

True and estimated equation

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Question 20

Methods to find the causal relationship between earnings and education

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Question 21

Explain the experiment:

Proxy for ability - IQ test

What could be wrong with the IQ test?

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Question 22

Conditions for instrumental variables

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Question 23

Explain the experiment:

Instrumental variable to estimate the ability bias

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Question 24

Is the IV of compulsory schooling laws in the US a good IV?

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Question 25

Placebo exeriment for the instrument used by Angrist and Krueger (1991), i.e. compulsory schooling law in the US

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Question 26

Biases in Instrument Variable in assessing ability bias

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Question 27

Explain twin studies in assessing ability bias

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Question 28

Equations of twin studies in assessing ability bias

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Question 29

Add family fixed effect in the twin studies equation

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Question 30

Factors affect the quality of schooling

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Question 31

Experiment showing the relationship between quality of schooling vs wages

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Question 32

Summary of school quality experiment

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Question 33

Assumptions of signalling model

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Question 34

The signalling model Sceniaro 1: Observable ability

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Question 35

The signalling model Sceniaro 2: asymmetrics information (pooling equilibrium)

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Question 36

The signalling model Sceniaro 3: Separating Equilibrium

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Question 37

Evaluation of separating equilibrium

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