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The Signaling Value of a High School Diploma
Martorell, Paco; Clark, Damon - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2010
the U.S. To do so, we compare the earnings of workers that barely passed and barely failed high school exit exams … earnings comparison should identify the signaling value of the diploma. Using linked administrative data on earnings and … earnings. For both states, we can reject that individuals with a diploma earn eight percent more than otherwise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004990471
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The Economic Return to School Quality: A Partial Survey
Card, David; Krueger, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738584
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Labor Market Effects of School Quality: Theory and Evidence
Card, David; Krueger, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738591
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The Extent of Measurement Error in Longitudinal Earnings Data
Bound, John; Krueger, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1988
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Unobserved Ability, Comparative Advantage, and the Rising Return to Education in the United States: A Cohort-Based Approach
Deschenes, Olivier - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2001
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Commuter Effects on Local Labour Markets: A German Modelling Study
Russo, Giovanni; Tedeschi, Federico; Reggiani, Aura; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
This paper offers an exploratory investigation of the effects of inbound commuter flows on employment in regional labour markets in Germany. For this purpose, we distinguish three main channels that may transmit the effects concerned: a crowding-out mechanism, and two labour demand effects,...
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The Plant Size-Place Effect: Agglomeration and Monopsony in Labour Markets
Manning, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2008
This paper shows, using data from both the US and the UK, that average plant size is larger in denser markets. However, many popular theories of agglomeration spillovers, cost advantages and improved match quality predict that establishments should be smaller in cities. The paper proposes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150136
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Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historial Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
Farber, Henry S. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2011
period with very low rates of reemployment, diculty nding full-time employment, and substantial earnings losses. …
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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150157
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Do Extended Unemployment Benets Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Farber, Henry S.; Valletta, Robert G. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2013
In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to new historical highs in the United States, up to 99 weeks as of late 2009 into 2012. We exploit variation in the timing and size of UI benet extensions...
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