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Economic theory tells you that wages have the following functional form W; = exp(a + BEducation; + €i) where Education are ye

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Given,

Wi=exp(α+βeducationi+εi)=ea+Beducationi+zi

Now taking natural log on the both sides:

lnWi=lnea+Beducationi+zi=logeea+Beducationi+zi= (α+βeducationi+εi) x (lnee)

or lnWi= α+βeducationi+εi

On this model, OLS can be applied.

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