“...Although many disadvantaged students now attend college, their completion rates are low—especially at community colleges—and many receive associate's degrees...”

“...Low high school graduation rates and sharply declining employment rates among disadvantaged youth have led to an increasing number of youths who are...”

“...An Erratum for this article has been published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,26(1), 215...”

“...This paper investigates the effects of customer discrimination on the employment and earnings of minorities, particularly blacks. Data are used from a new...”

“...Workforce development in the US today is spread across higher education institutions (primarily public 2-year and for-profit colleges), labor market...”

“...A recent expansion of the San Francisco Bay Area's heavy rail system represents an exogenous change in the accessibility of inner-city minority communities to...”

“...Hill, Holzer, and Chen examine the effects of household structure on youth and young adults and how these effects might have contributed to the negative trends...”

“...In this paper, we shed light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market, and how they have evolved over most of the year 2020. Relying...”

“...In this paper I argue for a new set of pathways to the middle class in the U.S. for those currently left behind in our economy. First I analyze the levels of...”