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1“...This paper synthesizes two models of immigrant assimilation: “positive assimilation” if earnings rise with duration as destination-relevant skills are acquired...”
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2“...In this study we use longitudinal data from Chile to estimate the effects on child cognitive and socioemotional development from participation in public child...”
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3“...We evaluate the effectiveness of monetary incentives in enhancing student performance using a randomized experiment involving undergraduate students enrolled...”
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4“...We present an analysis of the associations between cognitive and noncognitive traits measured at the end of childhood and mental and physical health at age 41...”
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5by Peltzman, Sam Published in Journal of Human Capital (2011)“...Progress against mortality risk has contributed importantly to growth in the stock of human capital. This progress is occasionally accelerated by unexpected...”
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6“...The history of coeducation in U.S. higher education is explored through an analysis of a database containing almost all 4-year undergraduate institutions that...”
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7by Ionescu, Felicia A Published in Journal of Human Capital (2011)“...In a heterogeneous life cycle economy with human capital accumulation, the option to discharge student loans under a liquidation regime helps alleviate some of...”
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8“...By allowing for imperfectly informed markets but optimal private information acquisition, we offer new insights about observed variations in portfolio...”
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9by Castilla, Eduardo E Prater, Kaitlin McCarthy, Ann Marie Murray, Jeffrey C Wehby, George L Published in Journal of Human Capital (2011)“...Early child neurodevelopment has major impacts on future human capital and health. However, not much is known about the impacts of prenatal risk factors on...”
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10“...Members of the National Child Development Study cohort attended very different types of secondary schools, as their schooling lay within the transition period...”
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11“...We characterize changes over time in the choices high school graduates make concerning 2-year attendance, 4-year attendance, and college nonattendance across...”
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12“...Existing skill-biased technical change theory predicts that differences in factor endowments will affect technology adoption and the return to skill. We...”
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13by Turnovsky, Stephen J Published in Journal of Human Capital (2011)“...A two-sector endogenous growth model linking human capital accumulation and income inequality is developed. Productivity increases in the final output sector...”
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14“...In the examination of the determinants of educational choices, little attention has been devoted to the relationship between family income and the quality of...”
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15by Bruze, Gustaf Published in Journal of Human Capital (2011)“...Marital sorting on education is an important but poorly understood source of inequality. This paper analyzes a group of men and women who do not meet their...”
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16“...Despite being central to education policy, there remains significant debate about the extent to which resources matter for pupil outcomes. We consider this in...”
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17by Becker, Gary S Murphy, Kevin M Hubbard, William H. J Published in Journal of Human Capital (2010)“...The last 40 years have witnessed a remarkable boom in higher education, particularly of women. Today in most higher-income countries and many lower-income...”
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18by Powdthavee, Nattavudh Published in Journal of Human Capital (2010)“...This paper estimates the exogenous effect of schooling on reducedincidence of hypertension. Using the changes in the minimum school-leavingage law in the...”
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19by Peña, Pablo A Published in Journal of Human Capital (2010)“...In the period 1980–2005 tuition at American private colleges more than doubled in real terms, and these institutions grew much wealthier. I develop a model...”
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20“...Recent research argues that pension systems influence the worker'sdecision to retire. The experience of Chile, which radically changedits pension system in...”