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We merge experimental data on competitiveness of a large sample of students with their complete educational history for up to ten years after the initial assessment. Exploiting quasi-random class assignments, we find that having competitive peers as classmates makes students choose and secure...
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conference board's leading economic index and the wages growth rate are considered. Econometric models were finally used to study … and with the slightest lag. Wages growth rate and the growth domestic product per capita growth rate reacted with varying …
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This paper uses microdata from the Labor Force and Household Surveys conducted in Afghanistan to show the wage premium differences for education between men and women, documenting a significantly larger premium for women. This sharp distinction is causal as demonstrated by analysis of the...
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of couples' commuting, wages, labor supply, and consumption. Using data from the PSID for the years 2011-2019, results … indicate a positive and highly significant correlation between wages and commuting when analyzed cross-sectionally. However …, changes in wages and commuting over an individual's life cycle are not related. Additionally, commuting appears to be …
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There is growing agreement among parents in high-income countries that having a working mother does not harm a preschool child. Yet, research is ongoing on what the long-term effects on children are of being looked after at home (primarily by their mothers) or in childcare. Most studies find...
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reduced wages on subsequent jobs. Less developed countries often rely exclusively on government mandated employer …
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