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Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market
Freeman, Richard B. - 2021
This study uses Current Population Survey cohort data and the National Longitudinal Survey for men aged 14-24 in 1966 to examine the earnings growth of college graduates relative to high school graduates during the 1970s depressed market for graduates. The principal finding is that the...
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Academics vs. Athletics : Career Concerns for NCAA Division I Coaches
Avery, Christopher; Cadman, Brian D.; Cassar, Gavin - 2021
We analyze the promotions and firings of NCAA Division 1 college basketball and college football coaches to assess whether these coaches are rewarded for the academic performance of their players in promotion and retention decisions. We find that an increase in Academic Progress Rate, as...
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Work Environment and "Opt-Out" Rates at Motherhood Across High-Education Career Paths
Herr, Jane - 2010
Using data from the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates and a sample of Harvard alumnae, we study the relationship between work environment and the labor force participation of mothers. We first document a large variation in labor force participation rates across high-education fields....
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Career and Family : College Women Look to the Past
Goldin, Claudia - 2021
Recent college graduate women express frustration regarding the obstacles they will face in combining career and family. Tracing the demographic and labor force experiences of four cohorts of college women across the past century allows us to observe the choices each made and how the constraints...
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Gender, Competitiveness and Career Choices
Buser, Thomas - 2012
Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in … of profile choice as gender. More importantly, up to 23 percent of the gender difference in profile choice can be … attributed to gender differences in competitiveness. This lends support to the extrapolation of laboratory findings on …
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Parenthood, Family Friendly Workplaces, and the Gender Gaps in Early Work Careers
Hotz, V. Joseph - 2018
the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …
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Breadth vs. Depth : The Timing of Specialization in Higher Education
Malamud, Ofer - 2010
This paper examines the tradeoff between early and late specialization in the context of higher education. While some educational systems require students to specialize early by choosing a major field of study prior to entering university, others allow students to postpone this choice. I develop...
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The Long Reach of Education : Early Retirement
Venti, Steven F. - 2014
The goal of this paper is to draw attention to the long lasting effect of education on economic outcomes. We use the relationship between education and two routes to early retirement – the receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and the early claiming of Social Security retirement...
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Why Do Dancers Smoke? Time Preference, Occupational Choice, and Wage Growth
Munasinghe, Lalith - 2011
Time preference is a key determinant of occupational choice and investments in human capital. Since careers are characterized by different wage growth prospects, individual discount rates play an important role in the relative valuation of jobs or occupations. We predict that individuals with...
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Career Progression, Economic Downturns, and Skills
Adda, Jerome - 2013
This paper analyzes the career progression of skilled and unskilled workers, with a focus on how careers are affected by economic downturns and whether formal skills, acquired early on, can shield workers from the effect of recessions. Using detailed administrative data for Germany for numerous...
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