DocumentCode :
1806814
Title :
An Empirical Analysis of Returns to Education Based on Simultaneous-equation Model - Discussing about Family Influences on Children in China
Author :
Dai, Pingsheng ; Xie, Mianbi ; Shen, Xiaobo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Planning & Stat., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
fYear :
2010
fDate :
24-25 July 2010
Firstpage :
292
Lastpage :
295
Abstract :
An empirical analysis is employed to study endogeneity bias on estimations of return to education in China by the database of “Synthesis Investigation of Living Status for Residents in Urban and Rural Regions (2005)” in CGSS, the followed results are approved: there exists a remarkable endogeneity bias on estimation of return to education in China, the same questions also have been discovered in estimating of turns to education for urban or rural residents, and modified estimations of return to education are given by simultaneous-equation model. It is also found that parents´ educational attainment have significant and positive influence on children´s educational attainment, while the father have much stronger influence on children than does mother in rural, by analyzing educational attainment explanatory equation.
Keywords :
education; social sciences; China; children educational attainment; educational attainment explanatory equation; endogeneity bias; family influences; parents educational attainment; return-to-education analysis; simultaneous-equation model; Economics; Educational institutions; Equations; Estimation; Mathematical model; Pediatrics; 3SLS; Mincer´s simultaneous-equation model; endogeneity bias; returns to education;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS), 2010 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kiev
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7293-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7294-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ITCS.2010.78
Filename :
5557129
Link To Document :
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