Three essays in empirical labour economics : wage determination in local labour markets

This dissertation consists of three empirical essays that examine different aspects of wage determination in local labour markets. The first essay investigates whether or not there are human capital externalities or spill-overs from education. I find that the fraction of college graduates in U.S. c...

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Main Author: Sand, Benjamin MacLean
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10777