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Expected work experience : a new human capital measure
Zveglich, Joseph E.; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen; … - 2019
and child-rearing - a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better … can be generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the … underestimate the contribution of gender differences in work experience in explaining the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962834
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Skill formation and the trouble with child non-cognitive skill measures
Del Bono, Emilia; Kinsler, Josh; Pavan, Ronni - 2020
the parents. We develop a dynamic model of child and parental skill formation that accounts for this contamination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293676
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Essays on equality of opportunity
Hufe, Paul - 2021
circumstance characteristics are the biological sex, race, and the socio-economic status of one's parents. On the other hand, if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484012
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Measurements of skill and skill-use using PIAAC
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Toriyabe, Takahiro - 2022
We develop new indices of skill and skill use, drawing on the alley of skill and skill-use questions in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). We demonstrate that the proposed skill and skill use indices explain the wage gap between males and females, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171192
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
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The Gender Pay Gap Reporting Measures
Andrews, Kate - 2021
Despite an influx of new gender pay gap data – ranging from negative gaps, to gaps exceeding 60% – the government’s new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224805
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What grades and achievement tests measure
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, yet the correlations among them are far from perfect. This paper uses a variety of data sets to show that personality and IQ predict grades and scores on achievement tests. Personality...
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Does education matter for economic growth?
Delgado, Michael S.; Henderson, Daniel J.; Parmeter, … - 2012
Empirical growth regressions typically include mean years of schooling as a proxy for human capital. However, empirical research often finds that the sign and significance of schooling depends on the sample of observations or the specification of the model. We use a nonparametric local-linear...
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How to measure parenting styles?
Rauh, Christopher; Renee, Laetitia - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013203228
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Expected Work Experience : A New Human Capital Measure
Zveglich, Joseph E. - 2019
and child-rearing—a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better proxy … generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the probability of past … the contribution of gender differences in work experience in explaining the gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892010