Learning about Potential Earnings Changes Students’ Choice of College Major
An undergraduate’s choice of college major has enormous consequences for their economic future, but how well do they understand their
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Spain Cut Unemployment Benefits during the Great Recession, and Labor Rallied
In the turmoil of the Great Recession, the Spanish government reduced the level of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in relation
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Do Conferences Contribute to Academic Impact?
Academics invest significant resources in attending and organizing conferences, and yet—until now—there has been strikingly little empirical analysis that tests
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H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of U.S. International Students
Proponents of more open immigration policy often cite the ability of immigrants to address shortages of workers in specific fields,
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For-Profit Colleges—Students Pay More, Get Less
As the U.S. Department of Education proposes rolling back the Gainful Employment rules regulating for-profit and vocational education programs, accurate
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Workers with Unique Competence at Their Workplace Say “I’m Taking a Sick Day” Less Often
In many production processes, there is a high degree of complementarity between employees in different jobs—in other words, workers with
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Are Executives Earning It? How Product Market Competition Shapes Executives’ Pay
The pay of CEOs and other top executives has been the focus of academic and policy debates given its sharp
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For-Profit Schools Are Not Improving the Earnings of Their Graduates
In “Gainfully employed? New evidence on the earnings, employment, and debt of for-profit certificate students,” Stephanie Riegg Cellini (Brown Center
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Job Corps Improves Earnings, Employment, and Use of Public Benefits…Even for Eligible Nonparticipants
Government-sponsored job training programs are believed to be essential to improve the job prospects of economically disadvantaged citizens and reduce
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AP Exam Scores Impact College Major Choice
The choice of college major can have big implications for students’ long-term outcomes, such as lifetime earnings, but researchers have
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