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Tastes, ability or expected wages? : the intended choice of college majors by students in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Campo, Francesco; Lodigiani, Elisabetta - 2026

We investigate the factors influencing the intended college major choices of high school students in Italy, ranking the relative importance of expected earnings, perceived ability, and major-specific tastes, that we measure directly using a Coller and Williams game. We find that major-specific...

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Tastes, ability or expected wages? : the intended choice of college majors by students in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Campo, Francesco; Lodigiani, Elisabetta - 2026

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

The educational distribution of U.S. immigrants shifted significantly to the right in recent decades as the share without a high school diploma fell and the share with a bachelor's degree rose. This improvement coincided with a shift in immigrants' origins toward Asia and rising global education...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

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Blindly discriminating : the GI Bill and racial inequality

Althoff, Lukas; Szerman, Christiane - 2026

The World War II GI Bill was the largest education subsidy in US history and a cornerstone of the postwar US transition to a knowledge economy. Although formally race-blind, the program's decentralized administration left implementation to local officials and segregated institutions, with...

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Labor market outcomes of highly educated women in Japan : the role of field of study and STEM degrees

Ueno, Yuko; Usui, Emiko - 2026

This study investigates gender differences in labor market outcomes among highly educated individuals in Japan, emphasizing heterogeneity by fields of study, with a focus on STEM. Using data from the Japanese Panel Study of Employment Dynamics (JPSED), we find that women with STEM degrees begin...

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Lasting effects of retaking college admission exams

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Gallegos, Sebastian; … - 2026

Do second chances at a high-stakes admission exam yield long-term gains? Leveraging fifteen years of Chilean administrative data and an RDD, we examine the causal effects of retaking on educational and labor market trajectories. Narrowly missing a preferred program cutoff triggers a 44% increase...

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 compulsory education law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

This paper estimates the returns to education in Arkansas-one of the last states to extend compulsory schooling-using ACS 2023 data and the 1987 Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL) reform as an instrument. OLS estimates imply returns of 9.5-10.4 percent per year of schooling. The CSL reform increased...

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 Compulsory Education Law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

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The long run effects of a teacher-focused school reform on student outcomes

Cohodes, Sarah R.; Eren, Ozkan; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2026

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Human capital and labor market effects of elite schooling in England, Scotland, and Wales : new causal evidence from nonparametric bounds

Yu, Zhanhan; Amin, Vikesh; Flores, Carlos; … - 2026

We estimate the causal effect of attending elite schools in England, Scotland, and Wales on human capital and labor market outcomes for cohorts of children from the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. For identification, we employ a nonparametric...

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Worker reciprocity and the returns to training : evidence from a field experiment

Sauermann, Jan - 2023

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Worker reciprocity and the returns to training : evidence from a field experiment

Sauermann, Jan - 2026

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Worker reciprocity and the returns to training : evidence from a field experiment

Sauermann, Jan - 2020

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Worker reciprocity and the returns to training : evidence from a field experiment

Sauermann, Jan - 2015

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Worker Reciprocity and the Returns to Training : Evidence from a Field Experiment

Sauermann, Jan - 2015

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Why has Decreasing Schooling Inequality Not Led to Decreasing Earnings Inequality in South Africa?

Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray V.; Finn, Arden; … - 2026

Inequality in education has declined substantially in South Africa since the end of apartheid, with inequality in years of completed education declining by all standard measures of inequality. At the same time, inequality in earnings has not shown significant declines, and has increased by some...

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Why has decreasing schooling inequality not led to decreasing earnings inequality in South Africa?

Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray V.; Finn, Arden; … - 2026

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The effect of vertical educational mismatch on wages : evidence from Indonesia's waged sector

Hakim, Dani Rahman; Rosini, Iin - 2026

This study is the first to analyse the determinants and wage impacts of vertical educational mismatches in the wage sector in Indonesia. This study is also the first to examine the wage effect of vertical educational mismatch based on the fields of study, gender, and spatial conditions of the...

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Graded for life? : long-run impacts of high-stakes exam thresholds

Böckerman, Petri; Haapanen, Mika; Jepsen, Christopher; … - 2026

We estimate the effect of receiving a higher grade on an academic high school exit exam on labor-market outcomes in adulthood. Identification is based on comparing students on different sides of grade cutoffs. Using nationwide Finnish register data, we find that better grades lead to higher...

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Graduates in a cycle : the effect of business cycle trajectories on labor market outcomes of college graduates

Pavlova, Margarita - 2026

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From Training to Earning : The 7-Year Impact of Dual Apprenticeships on Youth Employment

Crépon, Bruno; Lestant, Eva; Premand, Patrick - 2026

This paper studies the long-term impacts of dual apprenticeships on youth employment in a high-informality labor market. A Randomized Controlled Trial in Côte d'Ivoire with four follow-up surveys collected over seven years shows that dual apprenticeships have sustained impacts: youth earnings...

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Click, Code, Earn : The Returns to Digital Skills

Martins-Neto, Antonio; Khunara, Saloni; Liu, Yan; … - 2026

This paper provides the first comprehensive, cross-country evidence on the wage returns to digital skills, using more than 67 million job postings from 29 countries between 2021 and 2024. The paper develops a harmonized digital skills taxonomy and examines returns across extensive (any digital...

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Marginal returns to public universities

Mountjoy, Jack - 2026

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Marginal returns to public universities

Mountjoy, Jack - 2024

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Marginal Returns to Public Universities

Mountjoy, Jack - 2024

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The long-term outcomes of school absence

Smyth, Emer; Moya, Anna; Darmody, Merike - 2026

International research has pointed to the longer-term impact of school absence on outcomes in early adulthood. This study uses Growing Up in Ireland data to document the consequences of absence in primary and post-primary education for a range of outcomes in (early) adulthood, including...

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Marginal admission to elite high schools : long-run effects on labor market outcomes

Cabrera-Hernández, Francisco; Dustan, Andrew; … - 2026

We estimate the long-run effects of marginal admission to elite public high schools on students' labor supply in the context of Mexico City's centralized high school admission system. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we compare students whose placement exam scores are just above and...

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Marginal Admission to Elite High Schools : Long-run Effects on Labor Market Outcomes

Cabrera-Hernández, Francisco J.; Dustan, Andrew; Osuna … - 2026

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Match effects and the gains from alternative job assignments : evidence from a teacher labor market

Laverde, Mariana; Mykerezi, Elton; Sojourner, Aaron; … - 2026

This paper studies the relative importance of teacher-student match effects and general teacher effectiveness in producing student learning, and quantifies gains from alternative teacher assignments. We estimate a framework that separates these components, allowing match quality to vary with...

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Community College Bachelor's degrees : how CCB graduates' earnings compare to AAs and BAs

Acton, Riley K.; Morales, Camila; Cortes, Kalena E.; … - 2026

We provide the first national descriptive analysis of the economic value of Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) degrees by examining graduates' early-career earnings, the costs of completing these programs, and the alignment between field of study and subsequent employment. Using...

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Community College Bachelor's Degrees : How CCB Graduates' Earnings Compare to AAs and BAs

Acton, Riley K.; Morales, Camila; Cortes, Kalena E.; … - 2026

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Inflation and human capital investment decisions

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Westergren, Kerstin - 2026

This study investigates the impact of inflation on human capital investment decisions. Using a specially designed survey we estimate the causal effect of recent price level increases on the graduation plans of over 1,200 U.S. university students. We find that inflation caused over half of the...

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Inflation and human capital investment decisions

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Westergren, Kerstin - 2026

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2026

This paper studies how college major choices shape earnings and fertility outcomes. Using administrative data that link students' preferences, random assignment to majors, and post-college outcomes, we estimate the causal pecuniary and nonpecuniary returns to different fields of study. We...

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College Major Choice, Payoffs, and Gender Gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2026

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College major choice, payoffs, and gender gaps

Campos, Christopher; Muñoz, Pablo; Bucarey, Alonso; … - 2025

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Is academic-track schooling worthwhile without college? : decomposing monetary returns to education

Krumme, Anna; Westphal, Matthias - 2026

We estimate monetary wage returns to academic-track education, Germany’s elite secondary school type granting university entrance. Because academic-track attendance and subsequent university education are institutionally linked, we disentangle their contributions using a causal mediation...

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Supporting student wellbeing in school contexts : a narrative review

Dempsey, Caoimhe; MacCoy, Selina - 2026

International and Irish studies have indicated negative trends in the mental health and wellbeing of young people over recent years. Indeed, the most recent wave of the Health Behaviour of School-Aged Children study shows that Ireland ranked 24 out of 36 countries on overall adolescent mental...

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A peer like me? : early exposure to high achievers in math and later educational outcomes

Pagani, Laura; Pica, Giovanni - 2026

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