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Is Economics a Good Major for Future Lawyers? Evidence from Earnings Data
Winters, John V. - 2015
The current study examines earnings differences for practicing lawyers by undergraduate major with a focus on economics … majors. Some majors do much better than others. Economics majors tend to do very well in both median and mean earnings, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401669
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Is economics a good major for future lawyers? : evidence from earnings data
Winters, John V. - 2015
The current study examines earnings differences for practicing lawyers by undergraduate major with a focus on economics … majors. Some majors do much better than others. Economics majors tend to do very well in both median and mean earnings, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347139
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Does Private Schooling Increase Adult Earnings? Cohort-Level Evidence for U.S. States
Berger, Reilee L.; Winters, John V. - 2016
various years to examine the relationship between cohort-level private schooling rates and later earnings during adulthood. We … attainment. We find a significant positive relationship between private schooling rates and adult earnings for women but a small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525066
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Does private schooling increase adult earnings? : cohort-level evidence for U.S. states
Berger, Reilee L.; Winters, John V. - 2016
various years to examine the relationship between cohort-level private schooling rates and later earnings during adulthood. We … attainment. We find a significant positive relationship between private schooling rates and adult earnings for women but a small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521168
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Adjusted State Teacher Salaries and the Decision to Teach
Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo; Winters, John V. - 2015
Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher salaries for comparison across U.S. states. Teacher salaries are adjusted for state differences in teacher characteristics, cost of living, household amenity attractiveness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531682
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Adjusted State Teacher Salaries and the Decision to Teach
Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo; Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher salaries for comparison across U.S. states. Teacher salaries are adjusted for state differences in teacher characteristics, cost of living, household amenity attractiveness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265301
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Adjusted state teacher salaries and the decision to teach
Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo; Winters, John V. - 2015
Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher salaries for comparison across U.S. states. Teacher salaries are adjusted for state differences in teacher characteristics, cost of living, household amenity attractiveness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510503
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Is Economics a Good Major for Future Lawyers? Evidence from Earnings Data
Winters, John V. - 2017
The current study examines earnings differences for practicing lawyers by undergraduate major with a focus on economics … majors. Some majors do much better than others. Economics majors tend to do very well in both median and mean earnings, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970821
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Adjusted State Teacher Salaries and the Decision to Teach
Rickman, Dan S. - 2015
Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher salaries for comparison across U.S. states. Teacher salaries are adjusted for state differences in teacher characteristics, cost of living, household amenity attractiveness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023764
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Differences in Employment Outcomes for College Town Stayers and Leavers
Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Areas surrounding colleges and universities are often able to build their local stock of human capital by retaining recent graduates in the area after they finish their education. This paper classifies 41 U.S. metropolitan areas as "college towns" and investigates differences in employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796445