Our results indicate that there is considerable segregation by education and language in the workplace. Racial … segregation in the workplace is of the same order of magnitude as education segregation, and segregation between Hispanics and … whites is larger yet. Only a tiny portion of racial segregation in the workplace is driven by education differences between …

This paper presents a model of the intergenerational transmission of education and marital sorting where parents matter … impact in the UK than in the US as a result of the fertility and education transmission process. When the relative supply of …

The paper studies a typical state-level education finance equalization scheme, and considers two questions. First, what … fraction of state education aid is spent on schools? And second, does increased educational funding for historically low … that 50 to 75 cents of each dollar of education aid were spent on schools. Estimates also suggest that increased spending …

use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically discriminate' among workers. The pure … credential value of education will depend on how quickly firms learn. To obtain information on employer learning, we work with a … education. The time path of the coefficient on the unobservable productivity variable provides information about the rate at …

Workplace drug testing programs are becoming increasingly more common although there is little research demonstrating … workplace drug- testing policy implemented by the military in 1981. The military's policy incorporates random drug testing of …

that it is a cluster of complementary changes involving IT, workplace organization and services that is the key skill …-biased technical change. We examine new firm-level data linking several indicators of IT use, workplace organization, and the demand … complementarity. IT use is complementary to a new workplace organization which includes broader job responsibilities for line workers …