Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
No 2004:10:
Changes in Educational Wage Premiums in Sweden: 1992-2001
Magnus Gustavsson ()
Abstract: This paper investigates changes in educational wage
differentials in Sweden between 1992 and 2001 and places them in a
longer-term perspective. The university wage premium has increased
noticeably between 1992 and 2001 while the gymnasium wage premium has been
constant. These results, together with previous research for earlier years,
suggest that the university wage premium in Sweden has exhibited a clearly
positive trend since the early 1980s while the gymnasium wage premium has
been constant since the mid 1970s. Unlike the 1980s, relative supply
changes do not appear to have been responsible for the rise in the
university wage premium over the most recent decade.
Keywords: Returns to skill; Wage structure; Inequality; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J31; (follow links to similar papers)
36 pages, July 12, 2004
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Gustavsson, Magnus, (2006), 'The Evolution of the Swedish Wage Structure: New Evidence for 1992-2001', Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 13, No. 5, pages 279-286
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