A question of degree: The effects of degree class on labor market outcomes

•We estimate the causal effect of degree class on labor market outcomes.•Our empirical strategy is a regression discontinuity design.•We estimate positive effects on industry placement, wages, and earnings.•We explain heterogeneous effects with a theory of statistical discrimination. How does perfor...

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Volume:	61
Main Author:	Feng, Andy Graetz, Georg
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2017 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD Elsevier B.V
published in:	Economics of education review Vol. 61; pp. 140 - 161
Data of publication:	December 2017
ISSN:	0272-7757 1873-7382
EISSN:	1873-7382
Discipline:	Education Economics Statistics
Subjects:	Salary and wage differentials Educational economics Human capital Economics Business & Economics Education & Educational Research Social Sciences Labor market Employment discrimination Statistics College graduates Human capital Salary and wage differentials C26 J31 Educational economics I24 J24 REGRESSION-DISCONTINUITY DESIGN WEAK INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES RETURNS DYNAMICS GENDER EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS