The Returns to Higher Education in Britain: Evidence From a British Cohort
利用英国出生队列面板数据，比较获得学位者与有机会但未接受高等教育者的长期收入差异，通过匹配能力、家庭背景等特征来估计教育回报。
We use British birth cohort panel data to examine the impact that degree level qualifications and other higher education qualifications have on the earnings of individuals in the medium to longer term. We compare the outcomes of these individuals with those of individuals who had the prospect of undertaking Higher Education but chose not to. Our approach involves 'matching' these individuals according to observed characteristics which we have in the data such as ability, family background and demographics and then comparing outcomes between individuals who proved to HE and otherwise identical individuals who had the opportunity but did not.