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Gender differences in the early career earnings of economics graduates

Bazen, Stephen; Charni, Kadija - 2023

national survey of three cohorts of French university graduates in economics, we examine the gender differential in early … career earnings. There is a significant raw differential in favour of male economics graduates in both starting pay and … but have not disappeared. The raw male-female pay differential stood at 10% for economics graduates in 2013. An Oaxaca …

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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2023

The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...

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The labour market returns to graduation : reconciling administrative and survey data estimates

Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Dickson, Matt; Shure, Nikki - 2024

This paper contributes to the literature on the earnings returns to university graduation. Recent evidence using administrative earnings data from England suggests a zero return to graduation for men and positive returns to graduation for women in annual earnings at age 26. We show that once...

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Beyond the degree : fertility outcomes of "first in family" graduates

Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Lovász, Anna; Vujić, Sunčica - 2024

, distinguishing between those who are the first in their family to graduate from a university (FiF), graduates with a graduate parent …, and non-graduates. Our findings reveal that while on average, graduate women have fewer children than non-graduates, this … difference is driven by FiF graduates. FiF women tend to have fewer children than both non-FiF graduates and non-graduates, who …

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Mexican immigrants, the labor market and the current population survey : seasonality effects, framing effects, and sensitivity of results

Lozano, Fernando (contributor); Sorensen, Todd (contributor) - 2008

In this paper we compare estimates of immigrants' labor supply assimilation profiles using the Current Population Survey Annual Demographic Files (March ADS) and the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Groups (ORGs). We use a measure that is seemingly consistent across both surveys:...

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Experimental tests of survey responses to expenditure questions

Comerford, David; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm - 2009

This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents interpret question wording as researchers intend and...

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Do labor statistics depend on how and to whom the questions are asked? : results from a survey experiment in Tanzania

Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; … - 2010

Labor market statistics are critical for assessing and understanding economic development. In practice, widespread variation exists in how labor statistics are measured in household surveys in low-income countries. Little is known whether these differences have an effect on the labor statistics...

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The analytical returns to measuring a detailed household roster

Akresh, Richard; Edmonds, Eric V. - 2010

Households are dynamic while most surveys only collect information on individuals who are present at a single point in time. We exploit a unique and thorough household membership enumeration in Burkina Faso to consider the analytical costs of the typical static household roster. We document that...

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Surveying migrant households : a comparison of census-based, snowball, and intercept point surveys/ David J. McKenzie; Johan Mistiaen

McKenzie, David J. (contributor); … - 2007

Few representative surveys of households of migrants exist, limiting our ability to study the effects of international migration on sending families. We report the results of an experiment designed to compare the performance of three alternative survey methods in collecting data from...

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How reliable are income data collected with a single question?

Micklewright, John (contributor); … - 2007

Income is an important correlate for numerous phenomena in the social sciences. But many surveys collect data with just a single question covering all forms of income. This raises issues of quality, and these are heightened when individuals are asked about the household total rather than own...

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