This paper is concerned with analyzing the occupational attainment of American Jewish men compared to other free men in the mid-19th century to help fill a gap in the literature on Jewish achievement. It does this by using the full count (100 percent) microdata file from the 1850 Census of...

This paper examines the private returns to education in the context of heterogeneous labour markets, using Peru as a case study. While education is widely considered a key driver of individual earnings and economic growth, its actual returns may be constrained by structural features of labour...

Die Arbeitsmarktintegration von Erwachsenen mit Behinderungen nach einer beruflichen Rehabilitation hat sich in den letzten Jahren verbessert. Dies zeigen Analysen mit administrativen Daten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Gleichzeitig nehmen immer weniger Menschen eine berufliche Rehabilitation...

This paper examines the private returns to education in the context of heterogeneous labour markets, using Peru as a case study. While education is widely considered a key driver of individual earnings and economic growth, its actual returns may be constrained by structural features of labour...