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Self-Employment, Family Background, and Race

Rosen, Harvey; Hout, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

We focus on the intergenerational transmission of the propensity to be self-employed. Our emphasis is on the role of family background, and in particular, on what we call the intergenerational pick-up rate with respect to self-employment, the probability that a person with a self-employed parent...

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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel

Lang, Kevin; Siniver, Erez - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

-section estimates there is a significant return to English knowledge for both immigrants and natives with high levels of education … with past evidence on language-skill complementarity. Natives and immigrants with high levels of education benefit … similarly from knowing English. While immigrants with low levels of education do not benefit from knowledge of English, there is …

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Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth

Chay, Kenneth; Guryan, Jonathan; Mazumder, Bhashkar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

One literature documents a significant, black-white gap in average test scores, while another finds a substantial narrowing of the gap during the 1980's, and stagnation in convergence after. We use two data sources -- the Long Term Trends NAEP and AFQT scores for the universe of applicants to...

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The American Family in Black and White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality

Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

In contemporary America, racial gaps in achievement are primarily due to gaps in skills. Skill gaps emerge early before children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality in performance in school is strongly linked to inequality in family environments. Schools do...

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Do School-To-Work Programs Help the "Forgotten Half"?

Neumark, David; Rothstein, Donna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

, mentoring and coop programs increase post-secondary education, and coop, school enterprise, and internship …

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Schooling and the AFQT: Evidence from School Entry Laws

Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

Is the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) a measure of achievement or ability? The answer to this question is critical for drawing inferences from studies in which it is employed. In this paper, we test for a relationship between schooling and AFQT performance in the NLSY 79 by comparing...

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Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth

Aizer, Anna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

are also characterized by the highest degree of disadvantage: greatest poverty, highest unemployment, least education. And …

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Is Spanish-Only Schooling Responsible for the Puerto Rican Language Gap?

Angrist, Joshua; Chin, Aimee; Godoy, Ricardo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

that English instruction increased English-speaking ability among Puerto Rican natives, estimates that allow for education … instruction policy in former colonies as well as U.S. education policy toward immigrant children. …

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Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks and Wages

Autor, David; Handel, Michael J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Employing original, representative survey data, we document that cognitive, interpersonal and physical job task demands can be measured with high validity using standard interview techniques. Job tasks vary substantially within and between occupations, are significantly related to workers'...

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Beyond Signaling and Human Capital: Education and the Revelation of Ability

Bayer, Patrick; Arcidiacono, Peter; Hizmo, Aurel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

In traditional signaling models, education provides a way for individuals to sort themselves by ability. Employers in … turn use education to statistically discriminate, paying wages that reflect the average productivity of workers with the … same given level of education. In this paper, we provide evidence that education (specifically, attending college) plays a …

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