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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"college premium"”.
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Essays on Human Capital and Education Policy
… discuss eliminating tuition at public 2-year colleges in order to raise college enrollment among students with low parental income. This paper calculates the elasticity of college enrollment to public 2-year college tuition subsidies and estimates the resulting long-term labor market outcomes …
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FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE RATES AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN
… explored new factors that may be associated with college success, including parents’ education level, annual household income, hours spent outside the classroom, and college premium. The current study provides evidence from an urban public college of predominately low socio-economic status …
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Three essays on unemployment, self-selection and wage differentials
… the steady trends in increased tuition costs, college enrollment and returns to education might be related to the quality of college graduates. The model shows that the signaling role of education might be an important, yet largely neglected ingredient in these recent changes. In a special …
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Three Essays on the Macroeconomics of Information
… of information. The first chapter, "The Skill Premium, College Enrollment and Education Signals" explores the quantitative implications of a signaling model of education for the evolution of the skill premium for young workers in the US since the 1970s. I formalize the idea that as college …