Essays in the Economics of Education

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Arcidiacono, Peter

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Clark, Brian Christopher

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2016-06-06T16:12:43Z

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2017-05-04T04:30:05Z

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2016

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Economics

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This dissertation is comprised of three essays in the economics of education. In the first essay, I examine how college students' major choice and major switching behavior responds to major-specific labor market shocks. The second essay explores the incidence and persistence of overeducation for workers in the United States. The final essay examines the role that students' cognitive and non-cognitive skills play in their transition from secondary to postsecondary education, and how the effect of these skills are moderated by race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/12281

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Labor economics

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Economics

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College Major

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Factor model

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Labor Market Shocks

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Major Switching

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Mincer

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Overeducation

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Essays in the Economics of Education

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Dissertation

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11

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