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Author: Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo
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1. Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo
Essays in the Economics of Education and Experimental Economics
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Earnings; Geocoded Data; School Characteristics/Rating/Safety; School Quality

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This dissertation consists of three studies in the economics of education and experimental economics. In Chapter 1, I address a debate in the literature about the effects of measures of school quality on labor market earnings. Using individual-level data, previous studies find no effects of measures of school quality and a subsequent study argues that the result is driven by the sample that includes mainly young individuals. I use recent NLSY79 Geocode data that provides extended earnings observations including prime-age earnings. I find that the percentage of teachers with a Master's degree has a positive long-run effect on individuals' earnings in the labor market.
Bibliography Citation
Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo. Essays in the Economics of Education and Experimental Economics. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2017.
2. Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo
School Quality and Labor Market Earnings: Some New Results on an Old Debate
Journal of Applied Economics 26,1 (January 2023): DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2022.2163580.
Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15140326.2022.2163580
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): Earnings; Geocoded Data; School Quality; State-Level Data/Policy; Teachers/Faculty

This study addresses an open debate in the literature about the direct effects of measures of school quality on workers' earnings in the labor market. Card and Kureges (1996) argue that the young sample that Betts (1995) uses understates the effects of the measures of school quality on earnings. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of the measures of school quality on earnings at older age, using a recent version of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The replication of Betts' analysis show that the measures of school quality did not affect earnings when workers were young. However, the estimation shows that the percentage of teachers with a graduate degree significantly affects workers' prime-age earnings. The findings support Card and Krueger's claim that the measures of school quality affected workers' earnings at older age. More importantly, the results reconcile different findings from two strands of studies in the literature using state-level and individual-level data.
Bibliography Citation
Sahadewo, Gumilang Aryo. "School Quality and Labor Market Earnings: Some New Results on an Old Debate." Journal of Applied Economics 26,1 (January 2023): DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2022.2163580.