We conduct a survey-based experiment with 2,776 students at a non-profit university to analyze income insurance demand in education financing. We offered students a hypothetical choice: either a federal loan with income-driven repayment or an income-share agreement (ISA), with randomized framing...

Using the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) data from the United States Census Bureau, I compute firm-level measures of labor market (monopsony) power. To generate these measures, I extend the dynamic model proposed by Manning (2003) and estimate the labor supply elasticity facing...

"Dieser Beitrag untersucht zuerst die Entwicklung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit 1974. Er behandelt hauptsächlich Fragen der Förderung der beruflichen Bildung, die Zumutbarkeit von Arbeitsplätzen, die den Arbeitslosen durch die Arbeitsämter angeboten werden,...

The economic returns to attending college are a crucial aspect of discussions surrounding student debt and rising tuition. As higher quality data on student outcomes has become available, studies have attempted to quantify the financial value of a college degree across different dimensions and...