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The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men

Altonji, Joseph G.; Humphries, John Eric; Zhong, Ling - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

degrees. We show annual earnings and hours worked while enrolled in graduate school vary a lot by gender and degree. Finally …

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The changing benefits of early work experience

Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2014

We examine whether the benefits of high school work experience have changed over the last 20 years by comparing effects for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Our main specifications suggest that the future wage benefits of working 20 hours per week in the...

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Cognitive performance and labor market outcomes

Lin, Dajun; Lutter, Randall W.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2016

We use information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and supplementary data sources to examine how cognitive performance, measured at approximately the end of secondary schooling, is related to the labor market outcomes of 20 through 50 year olds. Our estimates control...

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The Race Between Education, Technology, and Institutions

Vogel, Jonathan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

I generalize the canonical model--in which relative supply and demand for worker skills shape the skill premium--incorporating monopsony power, minimum wages, and unemployment. I estimate the extended canonical model using national data and, separately, state-level data. I show that...

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Underemployment in the early careers of college graduates following the Great Recession

Abel, Jaison R.; Deitz, Richard - 2015

graduates continued to climb, reaching highs not seen since the early 1990s. In this paper, we take a closer look at the jobs … held by underemployed college graduates in the early stages of their careers during this period. We show that relatively … few recent graduates were working in low-skilled service jobs, and that many of the underemployed worked in fairly well …

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A comparison of the human capital and signaling models : the case of the self-employed and the increase in the schooling premium in the 1980's

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000

This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980's. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...

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Skills, Majors, and Jobs : Does Higher Education Respond?

Conzelmann, Johnathan G.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Hershbein, Brad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

How do college students and postsecondary institutions react to changes in skill demand in the U.S. labor market? We quantify the magnitude and nature of response in the 4-year sector using a new measure of labor demand at the institution-major level that combines online job ads with geographic...

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The GED

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010

test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …

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Beyond traditional academic degrees : the labor market returns to occupational credentials in the United States

Baird, Matthew; Bozick, Robert; Zaber, Melanie A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-38

Occupational credentials provide an additional-and, at times, alternative-path other than traditional academic degrees for individuals to increase productivity and demonstrate their abilities and qualifications to employers. In the United States, these credentials typically take the form of...

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Why Do Wages Grow Faster for Educated Workers?

Deming, David J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

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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