Identifying Marginal Returns to Education Through Social Networks
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2016
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Hersey, Timothy
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This thesis explores the role of peers in influencing the decision of individuals to
attend college and the resulting labour market outcomes. It proposes a model, combining
the econometric methods of networks and treatment effects, to estimate the
marginal treatment effect of education when peers have influence on the wage outcome
and probability of treatment for an individual. Using Monte Carlo simulations,
the effect of networks on the treatment effects model is investigated. We further explore
the model by varying the network structure and conducting sensitivity analyses,
considering the impact of networks on policy. Our results suggest that networks initially
have a significant positive impact on the returns to education and the effects
of policy. However, this effect is reduced once homophily in characteristics is introduced.
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School of Economics
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Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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