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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475313
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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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The todaro paradox revisited
Zenou, Yves - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292577
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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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Network games with incomplete information
Martí, Joan de; Zenou, Yves - 2014
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Intergenerational education transmission : neighbourhood quality and/or parents' involvement
Patacchini, Elenora; Zenou, Yves - 2004
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474703
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Integrating Minorities in the Classroom : The Role of Students, Parents, and Teachers
Gendre, Alexandra de; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Salamanca, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and teachers are linked to the presence of minorities in the classroom. We then test the key implications of this model using rich survey data and a mandate to randomly assign students to...
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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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