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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2014
Chay, Guryan and Mazumder (2009) found substantial racial convergence in AFQT and NAEP scores across cohorts born in the 1960's and early 1970's that was concentrated among blacks in the South. We demonstrated a close tracking between variation in the test score convergence across states and...
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Offshoring and Labor Markets
Hummels, David L. - 2016
We survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wages, employment and displacement. We start with the measurement of offshoring, focusing on the use of imported inputs that could have been produced by the importing firm. We overview key theories related to offshoring...
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The Outlook for U.S. Labor-Quality Growth
Bosler, Canyon - 2016
Over the past 15 years, labor-quality growth has been very strong—defying nearly all earlier projections—and has added around 0.5 percentage points to an otherwise modest U.S. productivity picture. Going forward, labor quality is likely to add considerably less and may even be a drag on...
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Affirmative Action and University Fit : Evidence from Proposition 209
Arcidiacono, Peter - 2012
Proposition 209 banned the use of racial preferences in admissions at public colleges in California. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209, graduation rates increased by 4.4%. We present...
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When Does Education Matter? The Protective Effect of Education for Cohorts Graduating in Bad Times
Cutler, David M. - 2014
losses as a result of poor labor market conditions upon labor market entry. We confirm that a higher unemployment rate at …. Further, education plays a protective role for these outcomes, especially when unemployment rates are high: the losses … associated with poor labor market outcomes are substantially lower for more educated individuals. Variation in unemployment rates …
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Affirmative Action and the Quality-Fit Tradeoff
Arcidiacono, Peter - 2015
This paper reviews the literature on affirmative action in undergraduate education and law schools, focusing in particular on the tradeoff between the quality of an institution and the fit between a school and a student. We first discuss the conditions under which affirmative action for...
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Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School : A Cross-Subject Analysis with Student Fixed Effects
Clotfelter, Charles T. - 2010
We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. The availability of test scores in multiple subjects for each student permits us to estimate a model with student fixed...
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Unemployment in the Great Recession : A Comparison of Germany, Canada and the United States
Hoffmann, Florian - 2014
States, Canada, Germany, and several other OECD countries during and after the Great Recession of 2008-09. Unemployment rates … increased moderately in Canada. More recent data also show that, unlike Germany and Canada, the U.S. unemployment rate remains …
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Heterogeneous Paths Through College : Detailed Patterns and Relationships with Graduation and Earnings
Andrews, Rodney - 2014
A considerable fraction of college students and bachelor's degree recipients enroll in multiple postsecondary institutions. Despite this fact, there is scant research that examines the nature of the paths - both the number and types of institutions - that students take to obtain a bachelor's...
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The Long Run Human Capital and Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations
Lavy, Victor - 2014
Cognitive performance during high-stakes exams can be affected by random disturbances that, even if transitory, may have permanent consequences for long-term schooling attainment and labor market outcomes. We evaluate this hypothesis among Israeli high school students who took a series of high...
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