%0 Report %A Andini, Corrado %T A Dynamic Mincer Equation with an Application to Portuguese Data %D 2007 %8 2007 Jul %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 2897 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2897 %X This paper argues in favor of a dynamic specification of the Mincer equation, where past observed earnings play the role of additional explanatory variable for current observed earnings. A dynamic approach offers an explanation why the return to schooling in terms of observed earnings is not independent of labor-market experience, as suggested by some recent empirical evidence for the United States. %K panel data %K Mincer equation %K return to schooling %K wage level