This study uses the High School and Beyond data (1980-1992) to examine the importance of educational and fertility expectations in explaining the achievement gap of adolescent mothers for over 5500 young women from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Using a non-parametric local propensity...

This study examines whether the size of the college earnings premium varies depending on the quality of the match between an individual’s degree field and his/her occupation. The study uses the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to obtain a new measure of the quality of occupational...