between 0.11 and 0.13. We also find large effects on adult earnings. We discuss a number of other applications of our …

productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically … productivity and the interaction between experience and a variable that firms can easily observe, such as years of education. We … wage coefficient on education should fall. We investigate this proposition using panel data on education, the AFQT test …

productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically … productivity and the interaction between experience and a variable that firms can easily observe, such as years of education. We … wage coefficient on education should fall. We investigate this proposition using panel data on education, the AFQT test …

use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically discriminate' among workers. The pure … credential value of education will depend on how quickly firms learn. To obtain information on employer learning, we work with a … education. The time path of the coefficient on the unobservable productivity variable provides information about the rate at …

for education and wages. A school/location combination at the 90th versus 10th percentile of the school/location quality …

between grades 3 and 8. Moreover, non-random sample attrition for school changers and much higher rates of special education …

demand for and return to high school and post-secondary education by field of study. We combine elements from several papers … to provide a dynamic model of education and occupation choice that stresses the roles of specificity of human capital and … uncertainty about preferences, ability, education outcomes, and labor market returns. The model implies an important distinction …

education production that incorporates disruption and student achievement and illustrates how these underlying sources of …