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Estimating external returns to education in the US : a production function approach
Shields, Michael P.; Shields, Gail M. - In: Applied economics letters 16 (2009) 10/12, pp. 1089-1092
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The skill transferability of high-skilled US immigrants
Haley, M. Ryan; Taengnoi, Sarinda - In: Applied economics letters 18 (2011) 7/9, pp. 633-636
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230950
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How biased are the estimated wage impacts of overeducation? : a propensity score matching approach
McGuinness, Séamus - In: Applied economics letters 15 (2008) 1/3, pp. 145-149
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The Impact of Education on Unemployment Incidence and Re-Employment Success : Evidence from the U.S. Labour Market
Riddell, W. Craig - 2011
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment …, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Given that … positive correlations between education and labour force transitions are likely to be confounded by the endogeneity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128216
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Impact of computer skills on wages in USA
Danyal, Shah; Maskara, Pankaj Kumar; Naqvi, Annaheeta - In: Applied economics letters 18 (2011) 10/12, pp. 1077-1081
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Trends in Quality-Adjusted Skill Premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2010
This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the average quality of college graduates between 1960 and 2000, resulting in a decrease of 6 percentage points in the college premium. We show that although a standard demand and supply framework can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136303
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Stayers and Returners : Educational Self-Selection Among U.S. Immigrants and Returning Migrants
Aguilar, Arturo A - 2013
This paper empirically examines the educational selectivity of United States immigrants and of those that return to their source country. Data from the 1970 to 2000 U.S. Census and the 2010 American Community Survey are employed. Ten countries are selected for the study based on their historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086225
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The Returns to Language Skills in the US Labor Market
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2013
endogeneity and measurement error. We find significantly positive returns to language skills and demonstrate that education is an … depend on education, we find that child and adult migrants exhibit similar returns to language skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089283
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First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes : A Comparison of the United States and Canada
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2006
attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education is … in educational attainment, but a lower immigrant rate of return attenuates education's impact. Moreover, observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779354
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Does Private Schooling Increase Adult Earnings? Cohort-Level Evidence for U.S. States
Berger, Reilee - 2016
also explore differences by sex and examine the role played by the quantity of education completed and occupational …
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