@techreport{Battu2001Human,
abstract = {An individual?s human capital has a strong influence on earnings. Yet individual, worker-level
estimations of earnings rarely include the characteristics of co-workers or detailed firm-level
controls. In this paper, we use a unique matched worker?workplace dataset to estimate the
effect on own earnings of co-workers? education. Our results, using the 1998 UK Workplace
Employee Relations Survey, show significant effects. Own earnings premia fall slightly, but
there is an independent, significantly positive effect from average workplace education. We
also test for interactions between own and co-worker education levels. However, these
interactions appear negative: education is valued less highly at workplaces where education
levels are already high. This result runs counter to our theoretical prediction.},
author = {Harminder Battu and Clive R. Belfield and Peter J. Sloane},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J4; I2; 330; Educational economics; human capital; workplace performance; Bildungsertrag; Arbeitsplatz; Humankapital; Spillover-Effekt; Personalbestand; Theorie; Gro\ss{}britannien},
language = {eng},
number = {404},
title = {Human Capital Spill-Overs Within the Workplace},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21264},
year = {2001}
}
