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Youth unemployment and personality traits

Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-26

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and education and labour market … unconfoundedness, of multiple personality traits at the same time (Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data … influence personality. Our results show that individuals that display low effort and diligence, low self-esteem, and external …

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What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students' freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

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What happens after enrollment? : an analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students’ freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

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The plant life-cycle of the average wage of employees in US manufacturing

Dinlersoz, Emin; Hyatt, Henry R.; Nguyen, Sang V. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

This paper explores the evolution of the average wage of employees over the life-cycle of a manufacturing plant. The average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant approaches exit, its average wage falls, but more slowly than...

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Beyond traditional academic degrees : the labor market returns to occupational credentials in the United States

Baird, Matthew; Bozick, Robert; Zaber, Melanie A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-38

Occupational credentials provide an additional-and, at times, alternative-path other than traditional academic degrees for individuals to increase productivity and demonstrate their abilities and qualifications to employers. In the United States, these credentials typically take the form of...

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