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Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2014

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Cognitive performance and labor market outcomes

Lin, Dajun; Lutter, Randall W.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2016

We use information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and supplementary data sources to examine how cognitive performance, measured at approximately the end of secondary schooling, is related to the labor market outcomes of 20 through 50 year olds. Our estimates control...

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Maternal employment and adolescent development

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2005

This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a … even moderate amounts of employment. The negative cognitive effects occur partly because maternal labor supply reduces the … significant. -- maternal employment ; adolescent development ; child obesity ; socioeconomic status …

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Does teacher testing raise teacher quality? : Evidence from state certification requirements

Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); … - 2005

The education reform movement includes efforts to raise teacher quality through stricter certification and licensing provisions. Most US states now require public school teachers to pass a standardized test such as the Praxis. Although any barrier to entry is likely to raise wages in the...

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Treatment effect heterogeneity in theory and practice

Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Healthy living in hard times

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Causal effects of monetary shocks : semiparametric conditional independence tests with a multinomial propensity score

Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); … - 2008

Macroeconomists have long been concerned with the causal effects of monetary policy. When the identification of causal effects is based on a selection-on-observables assumption, non-causality amounts to the conditional independence of outcomes and policy changes. This paper develops a...

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How do sex ratios affect marriage and labor markets? : evidence from America's second generation

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2001

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and other social and economic variables. But the observed association between sex ratios and social and economic conditions may be confounded by omitted variables and reverse causality....

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