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The Effect of College Curriculum on Earnings: Accounting for Non-Ignorable Non-Response Bias

Year: 2004

Type: report

Abstract: We link information on the current earnings of college graduates from many cohorts to their highschool records, their detailed college records and their demographics to infer the impact of college major on earnings.We develop an estimator to handle the potential for non-response bias and identify non-response using an affinity measure -the potential respondent's link to the organization conducting the survey.This technique is generally applicable for adjusting for unit non-response.In the model describing earnings, estimated using the identified (for non-response bias) selectivity adjustments, adjusted earnings differentials across college majors are less than half as large as unadjusted differentials and ten percent smaller than those that do not account for selective nonresponse.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w10809

Authors: Daniel Hamermesh, Stephen Donald

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2171460053

Cites: 33

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10