Mincer earnings equation

area: Labour, inequality and competition · 0 papers in the last 7 days

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\ln w_i = \beta_0 + \beta_1 S_i + \beta_2 X_i + \beta_3 X_i^2 + \varepsilon_i

Log wages as a function of years of schooling S and experience X.

LaTeX: \ln w_i = \beta_0 + \beta_1 S_i + \beta_2 X_i + \beta_3 X_i^2 + \varepsilon_i

Names searched for: Mincer equation, Mincer earnings, Mincerian, Mincer wage, Mincer-type

Key findings#

No paper of the tracked journals mentioned Mincer earnings equation in the last 30 days (2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31).
From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, 7 archived papers mentioned Mincer earnings equation in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Nov 2023 (1).

Mentions over 36 months#

Papers mentioning it by publication month, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)
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Scholar4AI. (2026). Mincer earnings equation. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/equations/mincer-earnings-equation

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  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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