Three Essays on *Education and Human Capital

The third chapter examines whether the return to schooling varies depending on the degree of relevance of one's field of education to their occupation. Using information on fields of education and occupations of over 6,000 individuals, I find that people who matched their field of education to an occupation realize higher than average returns to schooling. Interestingly, I find that more schooling is associated with higher earnings even among people whose education is completely irrelevant to their occupation. This finding can be interpreted as evidence of unobserved ability differences among people with different amounts of schooling.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yakusheva, Olga

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kevin F. Hallock

• Education, Adult and Continuing

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3202188

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85564