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March 7, 2024, Opinion: "In the past five weeks, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown have all announced that they would …
2023, Paper: "For decades, a college degree has been considered the key to unlock economic prosperity in the United States. College degree-holders have, on average, earned higher…
July 2023, Audio: "Do admissions committees of the most selective colleges consider family income along with applicants’ academic accomplishments, athletic achievements, legacy…
Diversifying Society's Leaders? The Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
July 2023, Paper: "Leadership positions in the U.S. are disproportionately held by graduates of a few highly selective private colleges. Could such colleges — which currently have…
June 2023, Paper: "The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through…
2023, Paper: "For decades, a college degree has been considered the key to unlock economic prosperity in the United States. College degree-holders have, on average, earned higher…
March 8, 2023, Opinion: "For the past two years, a bipartisan group of researchers and analysts convened by the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the…
March 2023, Paper: "This paper reviews and synthesizes the literature on the macroeconomic implications of human capital theory. I begin with a review of the canonical model of…
2022, Paper: "This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker (1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-…
April 7, 2021, Video: "Well before the pandemic, a group of educators and economists saw glitches on the pathway from school to career. Workplaces — increasingly collaborative and…