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Recovering ex ante returns and preferences for occupations using subjective expectations data
Arcidiacono, Peter; Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2014
. By asking individuals about potential earnings associated with counterfactual choices of college majors and occupations … across majors. We then propose a model of occupational choice which allows us to link subjective data on earnings and choice … probabilities with the non-pecuniary preferences for each occupation. We find large differences in expected earnings across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418036
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Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae - 2009
This paper extends the method of local instrumental variables developed by Heckman and Vytlacil (1999, 2001, 2005) to the estimation of not only means, but also distributions of potential outcomes. The newly developed method is illustrated by applying it to changes in college enrollment and wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288440
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Wage determination in social occupations : the role of individual social capital
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Rupasingha, Anil - 2016
We make use of predicted social and civic activities (social capital) to account for selection into "social" occupations. Individual selection accounts for more than the total difference in wages observed between social and nonsocial occupations. The role that individual social capital plays in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558187
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Inequality and specialization: the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings … polarized after 1980, with growing employment and earnings in both high-skill occupations and low-skill service jobs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271316
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Does employer learning vary by occupation?
Mansour, Hani - 2010
Models in which employers learn about the productivity of young workers, such as Altonji and Pierret (2001), have two principal implications: First, the distribution of wages becomes more dispersed as a cohort of workers gains experience; second, the coefficient on a variable that employers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271377
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The growth of low skill service jobs and the polarization of the US labor market
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2012
service occupations (employment polarization), experienced earnings growth at the tails of the distribution (wage polarization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291446
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If you are so smart, why arent́ you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …
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Does employer learning vary by occupation?
Mansour, Hani - 2010
choice ; earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974544
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples' occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926421
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The intergenerational transmission of occupational preferences, segregation, and wage inequality : empirical evidence from three countries
Eberharter, Veronika V. - 2012
Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage differentials in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681466