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Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey
Deere, Donald R.; Vesovic, Jelena - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 255-306). 2006
This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital … such increases are still an open question. We use census data to document the overall increase in education-related income …
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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
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Vanishing Third World emigrants?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003822200
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Life at the top : the benefits of height
Deaton, Angus; Arora, Raksha - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003853551
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Vanishing Third World emigrants?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871612
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Understanding differences in health behaviors by education
Cutler, David M.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - In: Journal of health economics 29 (2010) 1, pp. 1-28
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A new theory of the economic determinants of fertility
Nichols, Austin - 2005
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Life at the top : the benefits of height
Deaton, Angus; Arora, Raksha - In: Economics and human biology 7 (2009) 2, pp. 133-136
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Recent fracturing in the US economy and society
Pryor, Frederic L. - In: Eastern economic journal 41 (2015) 2, pp. 230-250
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Effects of welfare reform on women's voting participation
Dave, Dhaval; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2016
operate through employment, education, and income. … do not exercise. This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income …
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