ML Hilton, JW Pellegrino - 2012 - books.google.com
Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families …
N Baum-Snow, R Pavan - The Review of economic studies, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we decompose city size wage premia into various components. We base these decompositions on an estimated on-the-job search model that incorporates latent ability …
This article presents results of innovative surveys that tracked academic high achievers from five countries to wherever they moved in the world to directly measure at the micro level the …
It is often said that youth are society's future; individuals need to prepare and nurture them if they desire that future to be bright and productive. Yet, with the spotlight currently on slow …
Does switching the composition of jobs between low‐paying and high‐paying industries have important effects on wages in other sectors? In this paper, we build on search and …
A Stoyanov, N Zubanov - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2012 - aeaweb.org
Using matched firm-worker data from Danish manufacturing, we observe firm-to-firm worker movements and find that firms that hired workers from more productive firms experience …
M Bratti, G Felice - The World Economy, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A firm's export status may improve its ability to introduce product innovations (learning by exporting). We explore this idea using very rich firm‐level data on Italian manufacturing …
J Goldberg, J Smith - Handbook of research in education finance …, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
Human capital represents the most valuable asset held by most individuals. Individuals accumulate human capital through investments in schooling and training. Governments …