created. We present measures of workplace segregation by education and language%u2013as skilled workers may be more … of education- and language-related skill differentials in generating workplace segregation by race and ethnicity, as … segregation by education and language in the workplace. Racial segregation in the workplace is of the same order of magnitude as …

use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically discriminate' among workers. The pure … credential value of education will depend on how quickly firms learn. To obtain information on employer learning, we work with a … education. The time path of the coefficient on the unobservable productivity variable provides information about the rate at …

The paper studies a typical state-level education finance equalization scheme, and considers two questions. First, what … fraction of state education aid is spent on schools? And second, does increased educational funding for historically low … that 50 to 75 cents of each dollar of education aid were spent on schools. Estimates also suggest that increased spending …

This paper presents a model of the intergenerational transmission of education and marital sorting where parents matter … impact in the UK than in the US as a result of the fertility and education transmission process. When the relative supply of …

peer effects in smoking. We address the endogeneity of peers by looking at the impact of workplace smoking bans on spousal …

the workplace. We find no evidence that the ability of playing partners affects the performance of professional golfers …, contrary to recent evidence on peer effects in the workplace from laboratory experiments, grocery scanners, and soft … by social forces. We view our results as complementary to the existing studies of peer effects in the workplace and as a …