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Title: Learning in Labor Markets: Models of Discrimination and School Enrollment and Empirical Tests
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Oettinger, Gerald S. |
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Learning in Labor Markets: Models of Discrimination and School Enrollment and Empirical Tests Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Continuing Education; Employment, In-School; Learning Hypothesis; Life Cycle Research; Transition, School to Work; Wage Differentials This thesis develops and tests a variety of models of symmetric learning in the labor market. Each model is motivated by a different empirical regularity in labor market data--the wage gap between observationally equivalent blacks and whites re-enrollment in school after extended interruption in attendance and transitions from part-time to full-time enrollment in college--for which existing theory offers no accepted explanation. Auxiliary predictions are derived for each of the learning models and are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). The first essay develops and tests a simple dynamic model of statistical discrimination in the labor market. The present model has a number of empirical implications. The second essay presents evidence from the NLSY that contrary to the prediction of a basic life cycle model of earnings the transition from school to work is frequently characterized by extended interruptions in attendance and subsequent re-enrollment. The third essay presents evidence from the NLSY that part-time enrollment in college and simultaneous enrollment and employment among college students are quite common. (Copies available exclusively from MIT Libraries Rm. 14-0551 Cambridge MA 02139-4307. Ph. 617-253-5668; Fax 617-253-1690.) |
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Oettinger, Gerald S. Learning in Labor Markets: Models of Discrimination and School Enrollment and Empirical Tests. Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. |