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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the …
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Public funding and enrolment into higher education in Europe
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Wirz, Aniela - 2002
In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling - regardless at what level - does increase college enrolment alike...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294556
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Freshman learning communities, college performance, and retention
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Moore, Robert E.; Pitts, M. Melinda - 2005
This paper applies a standard treatment effects model to determine that participation in Freshman Learning Communities (FLCs) improves academic performance and retention. Not controlling for individual self-selection into FLC participation leads one to incorrectly conclude that the impact is the...
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Stability of college rankings: A study of relative earnings estimates applying different methods and models on Swedish data
Gartell, Marie - 2009
The ranking of colleges varies both across methods and model specifications. Still, earnings equations tend to be consistent with regard to which colleges that on average are found in the top and bottom half of the earnings distribution. Moreover, there are no systematic differences in the...
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The impact of Mexican immigrants on US wage structure
Toussaint-Comeau, Maude - 2007
relative wages for high school graduates. Whereas Card and Lewis' study uses variations across geographies, this paper …
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The Effect of a Student Aid Reform on Graduation: A Duration Analysis
Häkkinen, Iida; Uusitalo, Roope - 2003
In this paper we evaluate the changes in the times-to-degree at the Finnish universities in the 1990s. In particular, we evaluate the effect of the 1992 student aid reform that was intended to shorten the duration of university studies. We find that the student aid reform had only a modest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321561
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Why Do Students Expect to Stay Longer in College? Evidence from Europe
Brunello, Giorgio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2002
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials...
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College achievement and earnings
Gemus, Jonathan - 2010
I study the size and sources of the monetary return to college achievement as measured by cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA). I first present evidence that the return to achievement is large and statistically significant. I find, however, that this masks variation in the return across...
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Are all high-skilled cohorts created equal? Unemployment, gender, and research productivity
Conley, John P.; Önder, Ali Sina; Togler, Benno - 2012
Using life cycle publication data of 9,368 economics PhD graduates from 127 U.S. institutions, we investigate how … economics PhD graduates' research productivity. We analyze the period between 1987 and 1996 and find that favorable conditions …) for both male and female graduates. On the other hand, unfavorable employment conditions at the time of entry into …
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality during Macroeconomic Turbulence: Sweden 1991-1999
Gustavsson, Magnus - 2002
Using a rich longitudinal database, I study the dynamics behind changes in the distribution of annual earnings in Sweden 1991 to 1999. The analysis indicates a systematic increase in persistent earnings differentials during the 1990s; workers with low relative earnings in the beginning of the...
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