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Four Facts about Human Capital
Deming, David J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation in labor earnings within countries and at least half of the variation across countries. Second, human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334368
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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country : Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel
Lang, Kevin - 2006
We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross-section estimates there is a significant return to English knowledge for both immigrants and natives with high levels of education. Language acquisition is an important element...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466200
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Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
Lang, Kevin - 2012
/degrees from for-profit, not-for-profit, and public institutions. Students who enter certificate programs at any type of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460459
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School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth : A Cautionary Tale of LATE
Barua, Rashmi - 2009
no effect on the educational attainment of children born in the fourth quarter of moving from a December 31 to an earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463413
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School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings
Deming, David J. - 2013
Low-Performing by increasing student achievement on high-stakes exams. Years later, these students are more likely to have … lowest-scoring students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459218
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The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration
Baker, Olesya - 2013
We evaluate the effects of high school exit exams on high school graduation, incarceration, employment and wages. We construct a state/graduation-cohort dataset using the Current Population Survey, Census and information on exit exams. We find relatively modest effects of high school exit exams...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459480
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The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications : Better Data, Somewhat Different Results
Lang, Kevin - 2013
more students at not-for-profits earn a BA, making them less likely to have only an Associate's degree. There is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459528
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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3 : The Fragility of Results
Bond, Timothy N. - 2012
ordinal scales. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey, we examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460699
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The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector : Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?
Deming, David J.; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2011
, students, and programs in the for-profit higher education sector, its phenomenal recent growth, and its relationship to the … federal and state governments. Using the 2004 to 2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) longitudinal survey we assess … outcomes of a recent cohort of first-time undergraduates who attended for-profits relative to comparable students who attended …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460947
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School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
Deming, David J. - 2011
We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...
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