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From Theory to Practice : Field Experimental Evidence on Early Exposure of Engineering Majors to Professional Work
Boudreau, Kevin - 2019
Young workers typically enter the professional labor market only after completing higher education. We investigate how earlier professional work experience affects skilled worker development. In a field experiment, 1,787 Engineering majors were randomly assigned to 6-month work terms to begin...
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Gainfully Employed? Assessing the Employment and Earnings of For-Profit College Students Using Administrative Data
Cellini, Stephanie Riegg - 2016
We draw on population-level administrative data from the U.S. Department of Education and the Internal Revenue Service to quantify the impact of for-profit college attendance on the employment and earnings of over one million students. Using a matched comparison group difference-in-differences...
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Are Recessions Good for Government Hires? The Effect of Unemployment on Public Sector Human Capital
Zhang, Congshan - 2018
persistent wage effect of entering government employment during recessions for recent college graduates and other new employees …
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Underemployment in the Early Careers of College Graduates Following the Great Recession
Abel, Jaison R. - 2016
graduates continued to climb, reaching highs not seen since the early 1990s. In this paper, we take a closer look at the jobs … held by underemployed college graduates in the early stages of their careers during the first few years after the Great … Recession. Contrary to popular perception, we show that relatively few recent graduates were working in low-skilled service jobs …
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Career Technical Education and Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from California Community Colleges
Stevens, Ann Huff - 2015
Career technical education (CTE) programs at community colleges are increasingly seen as an attractive alternative to four-year colleges, yet little systematic evidence exists on the returns to specific certificates and degrees. We estimate returns to CTE programs using administrative data from...
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization entails, necessarily but not exclusively, positive...
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When Economic Reform Goes Wrong : Cashews in Mozambique
McMillan, Margaret - 2009
Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyze the...
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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020
No abstract avaLandmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in...
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Directed Giving : Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. When given the option, dictators do a large fraction of giving...
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Subsidies and the Persistence of Technology Adoption : Field Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2015
We report the results of a randomized experiment testing impacts of subsidies for modern agricultural inputs in rural Mozambique. One-time provision of a voucher for fertilizer and improved seeds leads to substantial increases in fertilizer use, which persist through two subsequent agricultural...
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