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Labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility : theory and evidence

Hennig, Jan-Luca - 2021

In this paper I investigate the causal relationship between labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility, two of the most important features of advanced labor markets in recent decades. The former relates to the disappearance of middle-wage routine jobs and the rise of both high- and...

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The decline of routine tasks, education investments, and intergenerational mobility

Bennett, Patrick; Liu, Kai; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023

How does a large structural change to the labor market affect education investments made at young ages? Exploiting differential exposure to the national decline in routine-task intensity across local labor markets, we show that the secular decline in routine tasks causes major shifts in...

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Can higher education policy boost intergenerational mobility? : evidence from an empirical matching model

Britton, Jack; Dias, Mónica Costa; Goll, David - 2023

Higher education policy potentially has an important role in improving intergenerational income mobility. We use rich administrative data to estimate a novel two-sided matching model of sorting into field and institution within higher education. We use it to simulate a wide set of policies aimed...

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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market

Devereux, Paul J. - 2014

Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that...

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The intergenerational transmission of human capital and earnings in contemporary Russia

Borisov, Gleb V.; Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. - 2016

We make use of longitudinal data for the Russian economy over 1994-2013 to obtain earnings and education information about parents and children. We estimate the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment and earning capacity and find high intergenerational correlation of earnings...

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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India

Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020 - This Version: March 15, 2020

We incorporate gender bias against girls in the family, the school and the labor market in amodel of intergenerational … concave or convex, and gender biasaffects both relative and absolute mobility. We test these predictions in India and China … the gender gap closes when the fathers are collegeeducated. In China, the CEF is convex for sons in urban areas, but …

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Signaling on the Labor Market : Evidence from College Scorecards

Mosquera, Roberto; Miranda, Melissa - 2022

Individuals often select which university they will attend based on the institution's reputation. They do so to signal to employers their abilities, which may affect their hireability and wages. We study these signaling effects by exploiting a change in Ecuador's governmental university ranking...

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The Return of Investment on Tertiary Education in Malaysia

Taskinsoy, John - 2018

This paper examines the rate of return on higher education to first degrees, master's degrees, and PhDs in Malaysia using previously published data. The purposes of this research are to study and identify whether or not there is a direct link between tertiary education and wages. Barbara...

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International mobility of students in Italy and the UK : does it pay off and for whom?

Schnepf, Sylke V.; D'Hombres, Beatrice - 2019

International student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy. Not enough is known about the causal effect of studying abroad on labour market outcomes. This is because most of the existing studies dismiss selection bias: the different composition of students...

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International mobility of students in Italy and the UK : does it pay off and for whom?

Schnepf, Sylke V.; D'Hombres, Beatrice - 2018

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