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Omitted-Ability Bias and the Increase in the Return to Schooling
Blackburn, McKinley L. - 1991
use both a signaling model and a human capital model to explore how the relationship between ability and schooling could …
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Spatial Mismatch or Racial Mismatch?
Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2007
We contrast the spatial mismatch hypothesis with what we term the racial mismatch hypothesis - that the problem is not a lack of jobs, per se, where blacks live, but a lack of jobs where blacks live into which blacks are hired. We first report new evidence on the spatial mismatch hypothesis,...
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Matching and sorting in a global economy
Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Kircher, Philipp - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206913
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Are OLS Estimates of the Return to Schooling Biased Downward? Another Look
Blackburn, McKinley L. - 1993
We examine evidence on omitted-ability bias in estimates of the economic return to schooling, using proxies for unobserved ability. We consider measurement error in these ability proxies and the potential endogeneity of both experience and schooling, and examine wages at labor market entry and...
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Persistence and cycles in the US Federal Funds rate
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2012
This paper uses long-range dependence techniques to analyse two important features of the US Federal Funds effective rate, namely its persistence and cyclical behaviour. It examines annual, monthly, bi-weekly and weekly data, from 1954 until 2010. Two models are considered. One is based on an...
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Matching and Sorting in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M. - 2013
diminishing returns to the number of workers. We examine the sorting of factors to sectors and the matching of factors within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459150
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Gender Reveals in the Labor Market : Evidence on Gender Signaling and Statistical Discrimination in an Online Health Care Market
He, Haoran - 2024
different gender, race, or ethnic groups and how they evolve as buyers obtain more information about seller quality. We consider … using doctors' choices about signaling their gender. We find evidence of statistical discrimination against female doctors … female- and male-dominated fields the gender gap in signaling decreases with number of customer reviews of doctors. More …
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Persistence and cyclical dependence in the monthly Euribor rate
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2011
This paper analyses two well-known features of interest rates, namely their time dependence and their cyclical structure. Specifically, it focuses on the monthly Euribor rate, using monthly data from January 1994 to May 2011. Models based on fractional integration at the long run or zero...
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Training and the Growth of Wage Inequality
Constantine, Jill - 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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Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions : Reconsidering Hiring Credits
Neumark, David - 2011
The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing...
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