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Bar graphs show likelihood of enrolling and graduating in STEM increases for women with woman advisers
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Female Science Advisors Can Help Women Bridge the STEM Gender Gap

April 5, 2022August 3, 2022 admin careers, college, education, gender, STEM

Women are still largely underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This issue has prompted fervent

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relationship between propensity to follow in parent career and regulation for various careers
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If You Want Intergenerational Mobility, Regulation Matters

November 23, 2021 admin careers, inequality, regulation

It is not uncommon that children follow the same career as their parents. But why? This might be attributed to

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Workers with internal locus of control 6% more likely to participate in training at work
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Is This Worth My Time? How Does Locus of Control Affect Workers’ Training Choices?

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 admin careers, job training, work

Work-related training allows workers to improve their skills and stay up-to-date, but many workers do not regularly participate. Marco Caliendo,

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woman working in restaurant
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Activation Programs—Do They Help Young People with Poor Labor Market Prospects Find Work?

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 admin careers, employment, labor, work, youth

In 2008, Sweden introduced a new “activation” program, the Youth Job Guarantee (YJG), to help unemployed youth find jobs though

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intern at her computer
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Completing an Internship Increases Wages and Probability of Employment

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 admin careers, college, education, employment

The share of university students completing an internship is as high as 75–80 percent in many countries throughout North America

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Graph shows adjuncts give higher grades
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Adjunct Teaching Fuels Grade Inflation and Distorts Student Choices

December 23, 2020 admin academia, careers, college, education, labor

Since the mid-1970s, higher education has increasingly relied on part-time, adjunct faculty. By 2015, 40% of classroom instructors were hired

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relationship between Greek affiliation and normalized grades, falling grades
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Does Greek Membership in College Improve Academic and Career Outcomes?

December 10, 2020 admin careers, college, education

Almost a fifth of U.S. college students join a Greek organization during college, yet we know strikingly little about the

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graph: students underestimate earnings with various majorse
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Learning about Potential Earnings Changes Students’ Choice of College Major

May 5, 2020 admin careers, college

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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office worker
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Spain Cut Unemployment Benefits during the Great Recession, and Labor Rallied

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 admin careers, employment, labor, recession, unemployment

In the turmoil of the Great Recession, the Spanish government reduced the level of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in relation

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Speaker presenting at a conference
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Do Conferences Contribute to Academic Impact?

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 admin academia, careers, economic research

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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