University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics November 2003 Staff Paper No. 465 Returns to Schooling, Institutions and Heterogeneous Diploma Effects: An Expanded Mincerian Framework Applied to Mexico By Aashish Mehta and Hector J. Villarreal __________________________________ AGRICULTURAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS ____________________________ STAFF PAPER SERIES Copyright © 2003 Aashish Mehta and Hector J. Villarreal. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.