Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,181
Cover Image
The Long-Run Effects of Attending an Elite School : Evidence from the UK
Clark, Damon - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long-run outcomes including completed education, income …, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043683
Cover Image
The Earnings Effect of Education at Community Colleges
Marcotte, Dave E. - 2006
In this paper, I make use of data from the 2000 follow-up of the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) post …-secondary education transcript files to extend what is known about the value of education at community colleges. I examine the effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779229
Cover Image
American Education in the Age of Mass Migrations 1870-1930
Murtin, Fabrice - 2009
This paper derives original series of average years of schooling in the United States 1870-1930, which take into account the impact of mass migrations on the US educational level. We reconstruct the foreign-born US population by age and by country of origin, while combining data on the flow of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765094
Cover Image
Post-Secondary Education in Canada : Can Ability Bias Explain the Earnings Gap between College and University Graduates?
Caponi, Vincenzo - 2007
Using the Canadian General Social Survey we compute returns to post-secondary education relative to high-school. Unlike … previous research using Canadian data, our dataset allows us to control for ability selection into higher education. We find … strong evidence of positive ability selection into all levels of post-secondary education for men and weaker positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776921
Cover Image
Spillovers of Prosocial Motivation : Evidence from an Intervention Study on Blood Donors
Bruhin, Adrian - 2014
Spillovers of prosocial motivation are crucial for the formation of social capital. They facilitate interactions among individuals and create social multipliers that amplify the effects of policy interventions. We conducted a large-scale intervention study among dyads of blood donors to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039567
Cover Image
The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on the Long-Term Health of Veterans : A Bounds Analysis
Wang, Xintong; Flores, Carlos A.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2021
We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using a restricted version of the National Health Interview Survey 1974-2013 and employing the draft lotteries as an instrumental variable (IV). We start by assessing whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250765
Cover Image
Conscription and Military Service : Do They Result in Future Violent and Non-Violent Incarcerations and Recidivism?
Wang, Xintong; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2021
Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental variable for military service. The draft is allowed to have a direct effect on the outcomes independently of military service,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252362
Cover Image
Tests of Hypotheses Arising in the Correlated Random Coefficient Model
Heckman, James J. - 2010
This paper examines the correlated random coefficient model. It extends the analysis of Swamy (1971, 1974), who pioneered the uncorrelated random coefficient model in economics. We develop the properties of the correlated random coefficient model and derive a new representation of the variance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137514
Cover Image
Linearity in Instrumental Variables Estimation : Problems and Solutions
Mogstad, Magne - 2010
The linear IV estimator, in which the dependent variable is a linear function of a potentially endogenous regressor, is a major workhorse in empirical economics. When this regressor takes on multiple values, the linear specification restricts the marginal effects to be constant across all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137551
Cover Image
How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education
Mogstad, Magne - 2009
causal effect of family size on children's education. Following common practice, a linear IV estimator has been used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154481