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In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort … want to donate a share of their earnings to a charity of their choice. We find that, despite large differences in earnings … givers in the two groups give the same share of their total earnings. Charities receive the same average donation from …
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that high school achievement measures can account for much of the racial gaps in BA completion and earnings and some of the … gaps by family background, though they account for little of the continuing gender gap favoring young men in earnings. …
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market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …
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career success as denoted by occupational status, linked to earnings. This is the first application of this analysis to New … native-born populations and provide evidence on the mediating effect of occupational attainment on earnings. Our analyses …, and much of its effect on earnings is through occupational attainment; different immigrant groups have differentiable …
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We examine the impact of an information intervention offered to 97 randomly chosen high schools in Finland. Graduating students in treatment schools were surveyed and given information on the labor market prospects associated with detailed post-secondary programs. A third of the students report...
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explain sexual orientation differences in earnings, gay men would need to be less competitive than other men and lesbian women … data, we show that competitiveness is a significant predictor of earnings. Differences in competitiveness can account for a … significant portion of the gay earnings penalty, but cannot explain the lesbian premium. …
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The current study examines earnings differences for practicing lawyers by undergraduate major with a focus on economics … majors. Some majors do much better than others. Economics majors tend to do very well in both median and mean earnings, and …
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, employment, and post-unemployment earnings using register data that contain PES and case-worker identifiers for about 130,000 job … seekers. The results show that "carrots" and "sticks" treatments prolong unemployment, but carrots increase earnings whereas … reduces unemployment durations, but carrots raise earnings whereas sticks decrease them. We also find interaction effects …
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permit. Outcomes are measured in terms of employment and earnings in 2012 for the treatment group and in 2011 for the … employment or earnings between the treatment group and the comparison group. …
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This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all … proficiency and earnings compared to Catholic missionaries. Furthermore, a higher proficiency in English enhances earnings. One of …
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