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The Returns to Computer Use Revisited: Have Pencils Changed the Wage Structure Too?

DiNardo, John Enrico; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

unobserved heterogeneity? We examine this issue with three large cross-sectional surveys from Germany. First, we confirm that the … estimated wage differentials associated with computer use in Germany are very similar to the U.S. differential. Second, using …

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School-to-Career Programs and Transitions to Employment and Higher Education

Neumark, David; Rothstein, Donna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

The 1994 Federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) provided more than $1.5 billion over five years to support increased career preparation activities in the country's public schools. However, the STWOA was not re-authorized, so state governments face decisions about levels of funding...

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Future Skill Shortages in the U.S. Economy?

Neumark, David; Johnson, Hans P.; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

The impending retirement of the baby boom cohort represents the first time in the history of the United States that such a large and well-educated group of workers will exit the labor force. This could imply skill shortages in the U.S. economy. We develop near-term labor force projections of the...

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Credit Constraints in Education

Lochner, Lance; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

We review studies of the impact of credit constraints on the accumulation of human capital. Evidence suggests that credit constraints are increasingly important for schooling and other aspects of households' behavior. We highlight the importance of early childhood investments, since their...

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Ammermueller, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Training and the Growth of Wage Inequality

Neumark, David; Constantine, Jill - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

Shifts in the incidence of various types of training over the 1980s favored more-educated, more-experienced workers. Coupled with the fact that this training is associated with higher wages, these shifts suggest that training may have contributed to the growth of wage inequality in this period....

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Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling In Germany: Evidence and Interpretation

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; von Wachter, Till Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

the range of 10 to 15 percent. We find no return to compulsory schooling in Germany in terms of higher wages. We … investigate whether this is due to labor market institutions or the existence of the apprenticeship training system in Germany … most relevant for the labor market are learned earlier in Germany than in other countries. …

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Continuous Training in Germany

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

training received by workers in Germany between 1986 and 1989. Further training is primarily a white collar phenomenon, is …

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School-to-Career and Post-Secondary Education: Evidence from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study

Neumark, David; Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

We study a set of programs implemented in Philadelphia high schools that focus on boosting post-secondary enrollment. These programs are less career oriented than traditional school-to-work programs, but are consistent with the broadening of the goals of school-to-work to emphasize...

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Minimum Wage Effects on Employment and School Enrollment

Neumark, David; Wascher, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

We argue in this paper that the focus on employment effects in recent studies of minimum wages ignores an important interaction between schooling, employment, and the minimum wage. To study these linkages, we estimate a conditional logit model of employment and enrollment outcomes for teenagers...

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