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Public institution certificate holders earn more.
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For-Profit Colleges—Students Pay More, Get Less

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 admin careers, college, education, job training

As the U.S. Department of Education proposes rolling back the Gainful Employment rules regulating for-profit and vocational education programs, accurate

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Workers with unique competence have 10 percent lower sickness absence.
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Workers with Unique Competence at Their Workplace Say “I’m Taking a Sick Day” Less Often

April 18, 2018April 11, 2018 admin careers, labor, work

In many production processes, there is a high degree of complementarity between employees in different jobs—in other words, workers with

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CEO pay
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Are Executives Earning It? How Product Market Competition Shapes Executives’ Pay

April 14, 2018April 11, 2018 admin careers, employment, pay

The pay of CEOs and other top executives has been the focus of academic and policy debates given its sharp

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graduates
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For-Profit Schools Are Not Improving the Earnings of Their Graduates

February 15, 2018 admin careers, college, education, job training

In “Gainfully employed? New evidence on the earnings, employment, and debt of for-profit certificate students,” Stephanie Riegg Cellini (Brown Center

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Job Corps effects
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Job Corps Improves Earnings, Employment, and Use of Public Benefits…Even for Eligible Nonparticipants

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 admin careers, job training, labor, poverty

Government-sponsored job training programs are believed to be essential to improve the job prospects of economically disadvantaged citizens and reduce

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students and AP scores
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AP Exam Scores Impact College Major Choice

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 admin careers, college, education

The choice of college major can have big implications for students’ long-term outcomes, such as lifetime earnings, but researchers have

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technician in lab
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What Works in the Long Run? Apprenticeships or General Education?

August 9, 2017April 9, 2018 admin careers, education, employment, labor

Inside Higher Ed story “Importing Apprenticeships” cites a JHR paper that investigates the payoffs and tradeoffs of more job focused

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