USING SIBLINGS TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL QUALITY ON WAGES

Authors
ALTONJI JG DUNN TA
Citation
Jg. Altonji et Ta. Dunn, USING SIBLINGS TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL QUALITY ON WAGES, Review of economics and statistics, 78(4), 1996, pp. 665-671
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods",Economics
Journal title
Review of economics and statistics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346535
Volume
78
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
665 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6535(1996)78:4<665:USTETE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In this paper we use the variance across siblings in school characteri stics to estimate the effects of school inputs on wages. The analysis uses sibling pairs from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Mar ket Experience of Young Men and Young Women We find that teachers' sal ary, expenditures per pupil, and a composite index of school quality i ndicators have a substantial positive effect on the wages of high scho ol graduates.