We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …

economies. Previous studies using industry aggregate data have found that industry wages are significantly more responsive than … Survey data for 1976 through 1998, we document that the main mechanism for exchange rate effects on wages occurs through job … turnover and the strong consequences this has for the wages of workers undergoing such job transitions. By contrast, workers …

. Wage growth of job stayers is moderated but still positive; and wages of entrants compared with those of incumbents are no …

. Wage growth of job stayers is moderated but still positive; and wages of entrants compared with those of incumbents are no …

while considered as extremely large in the public debate in Europe. The main argument is based on a fundamental property of …. Two sets of implications are then derived: on one hand, mobility costs are high in Europe and transitions between steady …-states has especially strong adverse effects. Jobs endogenously last longer in Europe than in the US, but when they are destroyed …