The value of education to different types of people

Quite an interesting finding – which also roughly confirms what I would have guessed before I saw the data.

The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees
Date: 2012
By: Fossen, Frank M.
Büttner, Tobias J. M.
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:fubsbe:201219&r=ent
We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups because of different levels of control. We use the German Socio-economic Panel and account for the endogeneity of education and non-random selection. The results indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity entrepreneurs are 3.5 percentage points higher than the paid employees’ rate of 8.1%, but 6.5 percentage points lower for necessity entrepreneurs.

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