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1.	Belley, Philippe Castex, Gonzalo Dechter, Evgenia
1.	The Changing Determinants of Juvenile Crime B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy published online (30 January 2023): DOI: doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2021-0420. Also: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bejeap-2021-0420/html Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Behavior, Antisocial; Crime; Disadvantaged, Economically; Geocoded Data; Rural/Urban Differences; Skills; Socioeconomic Background; State-Level Data/Policy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Following decades of increasing crime rates in the U.S., crime participation declined substantially throughout the 1990s, and have remained low in the 2000s. Using the 1979 and 1997 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we identify the determinants of criminal involvement and antisocial behavior. In the 1980s compared to the 2000s, youth from disadvantaged family backgrounds, those with lower skills, and those in urban areas were more disproportionately represented in crime participation. Our results suggest that most of the decline in crime is related to changes in the socio-economic environment and public policy shifts.
	Bibliography Citation Belley, Philippe, Gonzalo Castex and Evgenia Dechter. "The Changing Determinants of Juvenile Crime." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy published online (30 January 2023): DOI: doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2021-0420.

2.	Castex, Gonzalo Dechter, Evgenia
2.	The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination Presented: Chicago IL, American Economic Association Annual Meeting, January 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Education; Educational Returns; Technology/Technological Changes; Wage Determination; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines changes in returns to formal education and cognitive ability over the last 20 years using the 1979 and 1997 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. We show that cognitive skills had a substantially larger impact on wages in the 1980s than in the 2000s. Returns to education were higher in the 2000s. These developments are not explained by changing distributions of workers’ observable characteristics or by changing labor market structure. We show that the decline in returns to ability can be attributed to differences in the growth rate of technology between the 1980s and 2000s.
	Bibliography Citation Castex, Gonzalo and Evgenia Dechter. "The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination." Presented: Chicago IL, American Economic Association Annual Meeting, January 2012.

3.	Castex, Gonzalo Dechter, Evgenia
3.	The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination Journal of Labor Economics 32,4 (October 2014): 645-684. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/673392 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Cognitive Ability; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Technology/Technological Changes; Wage Determination; Wages This study examines changes in returns to formal education and cognitive skills over the past 20 years using the 1979 and 1997 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. We show that cognitive skills had a 30%-50% larger effect on wages in the 1980s than in the 2000s. Returns to education were higher in the 2000s. These developments are not explained by changing distributions of workers' observable characteristics or by changing labor market structure. We show that the decline in returns to ability can be attributed to differences in the growth rate of technology between the 1980s and 2000s.
	Bibliography Citation Castex, Gonzalo and Evgenia Dechter. "The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination." Journal of Labor Economics 32,4 (October 2014): 645-684.

4.	Dechter, Evgenia
4.	Physical Appearance and Earnings, Hair Color Matters Labour Economics 32 (January 2015): 15-26. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537114001432 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Earnings; Labor Market Outcomes; Physical Characteristics; Work Experience This study examines the relationship between physical appearance and labor market outcomes. It focuses on hair color and addresses the effects of the "blonde myth", a series of perceptions about personality characteristics of blonde women. Inexperienced blonde women earn significantly less than their non-blonde counterparts. This wage gap declines over time, and blonde women with more work experience earn higher wages. The relationship between earnings and hair color is not explained by personal or family characteristics. I argue that employer or customer tastes drive the initial blonde hair penalty; job sorting and mobility allow blonde women to close the gap.
	Bibliography Citation Dechter, Evgenia. "Physical Appearance and Earnings, Hair Color Matters." Labour Economics 32 (January 2015): 15-26.

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