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Dan is 30 years old and has 12 years of education. If his estimated wage equation is: , what is the marginal effect of an additional year of education on his wage?

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Answer and Explanation:

However let us assume Wage function with number of education years is given by:

F(w)= 14+5x

Where W is wage, 120 is normal wage rate per hour without education, 5 is coefficient of X and multiplier effect of education on wage, X is number of education years

If Dan has 12 years of education, we substitute in the given equation

Wage w=14+5*12=$74 per hour

Marginal effect of Additional year of education is effect of one more year of education on wage rate:

W=14+5*13= $79 per hour

Therefore marginal effect of additional education year = $79 per hour - $74 per hour

=$5 per hour

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