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Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality with Changes in College Selectivity Using a Behavioral Model

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2020

We estimate a structural dynamic Roy model of education, labor supply and earnings on the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of … males taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and evaluate to what extent changes in education and labor … education, iii) grade progression standards, and iv) the value of non-market time. We quantify the evolution of the relative and …

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The Economics and Econometrics of Gene-Environment Interplay

Biroli, Pietro; Galama, Titus; von Hinke, Stephanie; … - 2022

Economists and social scientists have debated the relative importance of nature (one's genes) and nurture (one's environment) for decades, if not centuries. This debate can now be informed by the ready availability of genetic data in a growing number of social science datasets. This paper...

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Validez predictiva de pruebas cortas comúnmente usadas para medir el desarrollo infantil en estudios a gran escala

Rubio-Codina, Marta; Grantham-McGregor, Sally - 2020

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Birth Order Effects in the Developed and Developing World: Evidence from International Test Scores

Andersen, Dana C.; Gunes, Pinar Mine - 2023

This paper examines the effect of birth order and family size on human capital using a consistent measure of cognitive skills across a diverse set of countries with different levels of development from PISA dataset. Using a birth order index that is orthogonal to family size, as well as...

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Educational Consequences of a Sibling's Disability: Evidence from Type 1 Diabetes

Eriksen, Tine Louise Mundbjerg; Gaulke, Amanda; … - 2023

Danish administrative data and variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes to compare education outcomes of focal children with …

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HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes

Edwards, Ashley; Ortagus, Justin; Smith, Jonathan; … - 2023

Using data from nearly 1.2 million Black SAT takers, we estimate the impacts of initially enrolling in an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) on educational, economic, and financial outcomes. We control for the college application portfolio and compare students with similar...

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Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India

López Bóo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - 2014

This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing...

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On the Importance of Fertility Behavior in School Finance Policy Design

Yılmaz, Kuzey - 2014

To design an optimal education policy, it is essential to account for the fertility differential between the poor and … children, determine the quality of children by choosing private expenditures on basic education in addition to public … expenditures on basic education, leave a bequest that could be used to finance college education. Moreover, there is an uncertainty …

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Dynamic skill accumulation, comparative advantages, compulsory schooling, and earnings

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2011

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. …

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College major choice and the gender gap

Zafar, Basit - 2009

Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...

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