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Lee Bounds With Multilayered Sample Selection
Kroft, Kory; Mourifié, Ismael; Vayalinkal, Atom - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper investigates the causal effect of job training on wage rates in the presence of firm heterogeneity. When training affects worker sorting to firms, sample selection is no longer binary but is "multilayered". This paper extends the canonical Heckman (1979) sample selection model - which...
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The determinants of participation in a social program : evidence from a prototypical job training program
Heckman, James J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2003 - Current Version: June 10, 2003
This paper decomposes the participation process of a prototypical program into eligibility, awareness, application, acceptance and enrollment. With this decomposition, we determine the sources of unequal participation for different groups, and demonstrate that variables often have very different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573518
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An explanation of international differences in education and workplace training
Brunello, Giorgio; Medio, Alfredo - 2000
We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First …, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001471799
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An explanation of international differences in education and workplace training
Brunello, Giorgio; Medio, Alfredo - 2000
We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First …, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325670
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Leadership skills and wages
Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Weinberger, Catherine - 2002
American business seems to be infatuated with its workers' "leadership" skills. Is there such a thing, and is it rewarded in labor markets? Using the Project Talent, NLS72 and High School and Beyond datasets, we show that men who occupied leadership positions in high school earn more as adults,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411183
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Rising wage inequality and postgraduate education
Lindley, Joanne; Machin, Stephen - 2011
one that has been becoming more important over time, namely the role played by increases in postgraduate education. We … driver of rising wage inequality amongst graduates over time. -- wage inequality ; postgraduate education ; computers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422215
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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan - 2000
training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428334
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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000
training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444759
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The consumption value of higher education
Alstadsæter, Annette; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2009
The consumption value of higher education is an important factor behind the individual's educational choice. We provide … higher education. We provide new empirical evidence for the willingness to pay for the consumption value of a particular type … of higher education. Even when controlling for ability selection, we find on US data that Liberal Arts graduates were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922852
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A human capital model of the effects of abilities and family background on optimal schooling levels
Regan, Tracy L. (contributor); Burghardt, Galen (contributor) - 2006
This paper develops a theoretical model of optimal schooling levels where ability and family background are the central explanatory variables. We derive schooling demand and supply functions based on individual wealth maximization. Using NLSY79 data we stratify our sample into one-year "FTE"...
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