Three Essays on Examining the Relationship Between Education and Labor Market and Health OutcomesUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1997 - 272 pages |
Contents
WHAT DO EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS SIGNAL | 6 |
THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SCHOOL ON LABOR MARKET | 63 |
USING STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN | 97 |
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2SLS ability acquire AFQT score analysis Angrist and Krueger associate's degree associated assume assumptions ASVAB attending college attributable average bachelor's bachelor's degree blacks born bounds coefficient estimate college attendance conditional consider credentials credits denotes significance denotes statistical significance Dependent determine differences dummy variables earnings educational attainment educational levels effects of schooling employers equation exclude exogenous expectation four four-year college fourth grade graduate greater high school diploma higher income increase indicate individuals instrumental variable labor market outcomes less lower males marginal Mean measure NLSY Note observations percent level percent significance level percentage points person presents probability of employment probit model productivity quarter of birth reduce reflected regressions reported represent respondents returns to schooling sample signal statistically significant Survey Table teenage treatment effect turned two-stage models two-year unemployment rates variation wage premiums weeks unemployed whites whole sample workers zero