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Using Geographic Variation in College Proximity to Estimate the Return to Schooling
Card, David - 1993
affirm that marginal returns to education among children of less-educated parents are as high and perhaps much higher than … education and earnings than other men. The education and earnings gains are concentrated among men with poorly-educated parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474462
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Can Compulsory Military Service Increase Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal
Card, David - 2011
Although military conscription was widespread during most of the past century, credible evidence on the effects of mandatory service is limited. We provide new evidence on the long-term effects of peacetime conscription, using longitudinal data for Portuguese men born in 1967. These men were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460963
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Racial Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Card, David - 2006
school and neighborhood segregation on the relative SAT scores of black students across different metropolitan areas, using … composition, income, and region. We find robust evidence that the black-white test score gap is higher in more segregated cities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466591