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Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation : The Effect on Immigrants' Earnings

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2007

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and a quot;Realized Matchesquot; procedure to quantify expected levels of English skills in each of over 500...

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Does the Choice of Reference Levels of Education Matter in the Oru Earnings Equation?

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009

This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...

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Long-Term Economic Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription : Schooling, Experience and Earnings

Angrist, Joshua D.; Chen, Stacey - 2021

Military service reduces civilian labor market experience but subsidizes higher education through the GI Bill. Both of these channels are likely to affect civilian earnings. New estimates of the effects of military service using Vietnam-era draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings...

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The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2010

The payoff to schooling among the foreign born in the US is only around one-half of the payoff for the native born. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad. The paper uses the Over-education/ Required...

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Who Benefits from Kipp?

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2011

at the expense of students who are most diffiult to teach, including limited English proficiency (LEP) and special … education (SPED) students, as well as students with low baseline achievement levels. We use applicant lotteries to evaluate the … special needs students that may be underserved. The results show average achievement gains of 0.36 standard deviations in math …

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Explaining Charter School Effectiveness

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2012

school students, while non-urban charters reduce achievement from a higher baseline. Student demographics explain some of …

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An Explanation for the Lower Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009

This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using 2001 Census data. Analyses are presented for males and females. Comparisons are offered with findings for the US. The paper uses the Overeducation/Required...

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The Earnings of American Jewish Men : Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2006

This paper analyzes the determinants of the earnings of American Jewish men using the 2000/01 National Jewish Population Survey. Non-response to the question on earnings is analyzed. Earnings are related to conventional human capital variables, as well as Jewish-specific variables. Except for...

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Incentives and Services for College Achievement : Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Daniel; Oreopoulos, Philip - 2021

Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner. This paper reports … treatment group combined both interventions. Service take-up rates were much higher for women than for men and for students …

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Charters Without Lotteries : Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Abdulkadiroglu, Atila - 2015

needn't capture treatment effects for students who haven't applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for … schools. Students enrolled in schools designated for closure are eligible for "grandfathering" into the new schools; that is … attendance: the grandfathering instrument compares students at schools designated for takeover with students who appear similar …

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