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Author: Marcotte, Dave
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Remler, Dahlia Marcotte, Dave Cortez, Carmen |
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Heterogeneity and Risk in the Return to Higher Education: Change over Time Presented: Albuquerque NM, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Keyword(s): Earnings; Educational Returns; Heterogeneity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The current policy debate largely focuses on mean earnings differences between educational groups. We enrich this debate by emphasizing the full distribution of earnings, particularly at the top and bottom. Our broad research questions are: How variable are returns to higher education? Can risk be substantially reduced through type of degree or institution? Is risk larger for students of some backgrounds? Have these returns, risks and their determinants changed between the 1980s-90s and the 2000s? (Without exogenous variation, we cannot estimate unbiased causal returns to education. However, the NLSY's rich controls remove much of the omitted variables bias. More importantly, our analysis directly addresses the current form of much policy debate, focused on crude comparisons of means, rather than true causal effects.) We use the NLSY79 and NLSY97 surveys and focus on earnings. |
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Remler, Dahlia, Dave Marcotte and Carmen Cortez. "Heterogeneity and Risk in the Return to Higher Education: Change over Time." Presented: Albuquerque NM, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2014. |
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Scholl, Kathleen K. Marcotte, Dave |
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Young Absent Fathers' Income and Child Support Presented: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, American Statistical Association Winter Conference, Families and Children: Research Findings, Data Needs, and Survey Issues, 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Statistical Association Keyword(s): Child Support; Fathers, Absence The incomes of young absent fathers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were compared with an amount that represents at least one-half of the cost of raising their custodial children. An array of the percentages of the fathers' income needed to pay this amount indicates that two-thirds of the absent fathers aged 23 to 31 years old could meet this amount by using less than 40 percent of their gross income. Results can be used in many current policy discussions concerning, most noticeably, the proposed child support assurance system, collection of child support and child support guidelines used to determine child support awards. |
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Bibliography Citation
Scholl, Kathleen K. and Dave Marcotte. "Young Absent Fathers' Income and Child Support." Presented: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, American Statistical Association Winter Conference, Families and Children: Research Findings, Data Needs, and Survey Issues, 1993. |