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This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation in labor earnings within countries and at least half of the variation across countries. Second, human capital...
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Low-Performing by increasing student achievement on high-stakes exams. Years later, these students are more likely to have … lowest-scoring students …
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, students, and programs in the for-profit higher education sector, its phenomenal recent growth, and its relationship to the … federal and state governments. Using the 2004 to 2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) longitudinal survey we assess … outcomes of a recent cohort of first-time undergraduates who attended for-profits relative to comparable students who attended …
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We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...
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The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through age 60, I show that growth in the college wage premium is primarily explained by occupational sorting. Shortly after graduating, workers...
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