use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to 'statistically discriminate' among workers. The pure … credential value of education will depend on how quickly firms learn. To obtain information on employer learning, we work with a … education. The time path of the coefficient on the unobservable productivity variable provides information about the rate at …

The labor force participation rates of older, working-aged black men and men with lower levels of education have … historically been significantly lower than those of white men and men with more education, respectively. This paper uses data from … characteristics can account for these differences. Our analysis suggests that race and education differences in health status of …

We measure the effects of parental education on the education profile of wages. The analysis uses sibling pairs from … holding family background constant. We obtained mixed evidence on whether parental education raises the return to education …

The current high rates of return to human capital stimulate a supply response via increased investments in education … differential in wages. This paper reports estimates of: the responses of investments in post-secondary education, measured by …

This paper presents a survey and interpretation of recent research on the return to education. The empirical findings … in a series of current papers suggest that the causal effect of education on earnings is understated by standard …

education and on success in the labor market. I use the large variation in curriculum across US high schools to identify the …

A major benefit of education is the lower risk of unemployment at higher educational levels. In PSID (Panel Study of …