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Intergenerational persistence in the effects of compulsory schooling in the U.S.
Galama, Titus; Munteanu, Andrei; Thom, Kevin - 2024
Using linked records from the 1880 to 1940 full-count United States decennial censuses, we estimate the effects of parental exposure to compulsory schooling (CS) laws on the human capital outcomes of children, exploiting the staggered roll-out of state CS laws in the late nineteenth and early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461378
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Intergenerational persistence in the effects of compulsory schooling in the U.S.
Galama, Titus; Munteanu, Andrei; Thom, Kevin - 2024
Using linked records from the 1880 to 1940 full-count United States decennial censuses, we estimate the effects of parental exposure to compulsory schooling (CS) laws on the human capital outcomes of children, exploiting the staggered roll-out of state CS laws in the late nineteenth and early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014521056
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Educational assortative mating and household income inequality
Eika, Lasse; Mogstad, Magne; Zafar, Basit - 2014
income inequality. To these ends, we use rich data from the United States and Norway over the period 1980-2007. We find … evidence of positive assortative mating at all levels of education in both countries. However, the time trends vary by the … level of education: Among college graduates, assortative mating has been declining over time, whereas individuals with a low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404597
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859150
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018 - This version: 20 April 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823319
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Preschool Lottery Admissions and Its Effects on Long-Run Earnings and Outcomes
Akee, Randall; Clark, Leah R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We use an admissions lottery to estimate the effect of a non-means tested preschool program on students' long-run earnings, employment, family income, household formation, and geographic mobility. We observe long-run outcomes by linking both admitted and non-admitted individuals to confidential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576599
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The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men
Altonji, Joseph G.; Humphries, John Eric; Zhong, Ling - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper uses a college-by-graduate degree fixed effects estimator to evaluate the returns to 19 different graduate degrees for men and women. We find substantial variation across degrees, and evidence that OLS overestimates the returns to degrees with high average earnings and underestimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334324
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A Scalable Approach to High-Impact Tutoring for Young Readers : Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Cortes, Kalena E.; Kortecamp, Karen; Loeb, Susanna; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper presents the results from a randomized controlled trial of Chapter One, an early elementary reading tutoring program that embeds part-time tutors into the classroom to provide short bursts of 1:1 instruction. Eligible kindergarten students were randomly assigned to receive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468239
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Can Technical Education in High School Smooth Postsecondary Transitions for Students with Disabilities?
Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Participation in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs has been proposed as a valuable strategy for supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056194
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The Scandinavian fantasy : the sources of intergenerational mobility in Denmark and the U.S.
Landersø, Rasmus; Heckman, James J. - 2016
because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493939