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[PDF] Before and after: Gender transitions, human capital, and workplace experiences

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K Schilt… - The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & …, 2008 - northeastern.edu
Abstract We use the workplace experiences of transgender people–individuals who change
their gender typically with hormone therapy and surgery–to provide new insights into the
long-standing question of what role gender plays in shaping workplace outcomes. Using ...
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Household Choices and Child Development

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D Del Boca, C Flinn… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has
raised concerns about the potential negative impact of the mother's absence from home on
child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children has declined in ...
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[PDF] Licensing and occupational sorting in the market for teachers

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M Wiswall - 2007 - econ.nyu.edu
Abstract This paper develops and estimates a dynamic occupational choice model with an
endogenous licensing decision to examine the current debate about licensing policy for
American public school teachers. The estimated model is used to simulate the effects of ...
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[BOOK] What linear estimators miss: Re-examining the effects of family income on child outcomes

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KV Loken, M Mogstad… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper uses a rich Norwegian dataset to re-examine the causal relationship
between family income and child outcomes. Motivated by theoretical predictions and OLS
results that suggest a nonlinear relationship, we depart from previous studies in allowing ...
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Risk Aversion and Support for Merit Pay: Theory and Evidence from Minnesota's Q Comp Program

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C Nadler… - Education Finance and Policy, 2011 - MIT Press
Abstract Recent research attributes the lack of merit pay in teaching to the resistance of
teachers. This article examines whether the structure of merit pay affects the types of
teachers who support it. We develop a model of the relative utility teachers receive from ...
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How Linear Models Can Mask Non-Linear Causal Relationships. An Application to Family Size and Children's Education

M Mogstad, M Wiswall - Discussion Papers, 2009 - ideas.repec.org
Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors
when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests
for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the ...
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Determinants of college major choice: identification using an information experiment

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M Wiswall… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper studies the determinants of college major choice using an
experimentally generated panel of beliefs, obtained by providing students with information
on the true population distribution of various major-specific characteristics. Students ...
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[PDF] What Linear Estimators Miss: The Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

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K Løken, M Mogstad… - American Economic Journal: …, 2011 - files.nyu.edu
Abstract This paper examines the causal relationship between family income and child
outcomes. Motivated by theoretical predictions and OLS results suggesting a nonlinear
relationship, we depart from previous studies in allowing the marginal effects on children's ...
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[BOOK] Linearity in Instrumental Variables Estimation: Problems and Solutions

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M Mogstad, M Wiswall - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: The linear IV estimator, in which the dependent variable is a linear function of a
potentially endogenous regressor, is a major workhorse in empirical economics. When this
regressor takes on multiple values, the linear specification restricts the marginal effects to ...
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The dynamics of teacher quality

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M Wiswall - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: An extensive literature finds that, while teachers vary considerably in initial quality,
there are limited teacher quality dynamics: except for the first few years of teaching, teacher
quality does not improve over the course of a teacher's career. This study evaluates the ...
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Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments

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M Mogstad, M Wiswall - Economics Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper shows that instrumental variables estimators currently in use, require strong but
neglected auxiliary assumptions to be consistent in situations with partially missing
instruments. We introduce an alternative instrumental variables estimator that does not ...
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How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education

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M Mogstad, M Wiswall - 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous
regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that tests for
treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true ...
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[PDF] Evolution of Gender Differences in Post-Secondary Human Capital Investments: College Majors

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A Gemici… - Unpublished manuscript, Department of …, 2011 - econ.nyu.edu
... June 27, 2011 Ahu Gemici New York University Department of Economics ahu.gemici@nyu.edu
Matthew Wiswall New York University Department of Economics mwiswall@nyu.edu 1 Keywords:
human capital, gender differences, college majors JEL Codes: J16, J24, J71 ...
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Do small schools improve performance in large, urban districts? Causal evidence from New York City

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A Schwartz, L Stiefel… - 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We evaluate the effectiveness of small high school reform in the country's largest
school district, New York City. Using a rich administrative data-set for multiple cohorts of
students and distance between student residence and school to instrument for ...
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[PDF] VSkill Composition and the Returns to Post) Secondary Education in the United States

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M Wiswall - 2006 - files.nyu.edu
Abstract This paper investigates the changes in the earnings of workers with a post-
secondary education. As has been well documented, the rate of return to post-secondary
schooling sharply increased from the late 1970s through the 1980s. Less widely known is ...
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Do Small Schools Improve Performance in Large, Urban Districts? Causal Evidence from New York City

M Weinstein, A Schwartz, L Stiefel… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We evaluate the effectiveness of small high school reform in the country's largest
school district, New York City. Using a rich administrative dataset for multiple cohorts of
students, we estimate a model of school outcomes using instrumental variables with ...
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Does Small High School Reform Lift Urban Districts? Evidence from NYC

L Stiefel, M Wiswall, A Schwartz… - 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We evaluate the effectiveness of small school reform as systemic reform in the
nation's largest school district, New York City. Using rich administrative data for four cohorts
of students, we examine the extent to which graduation and testing outcomes improved for ...
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[PDF] Employment and Social Protection

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KV Løken, M Mogstad… - 2011 - ifo.de
Abstract This paper examines the causal relationship between family income and child
outcomes. Motivated by theoretical predictions and OLS results suggesting a nonlinear
relationship, we depart from previous studies in allowing the marginal effects on children's ...
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[PDF] Before and After: Gender Transitions, Human Capital, and Workplace Experiences Kristen Schilt Rice University Matthew Wiswall New York University

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M Wiswall… - 2006 - paperlined.org
Abstract We use the workplace experiences of transsexuals–individuals who change their
gender typically with hormone therapy and surgery–to provide new insights into the
longstanding question of what role gender places in shaping workplace outcomes. Using ...
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Risk Aversion and Support for Merit Pay: Theory and Evidence from Minnesota

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C Nadler… - Education Finance and Policy, 2011 - eric.ed.gov
Abstract: Recent research attributes the lack of merit pay in teaching to the resistance of
teachers. This article examines whether the structure of merit pay affects the types of
teachers who support it. We develop a model of the relative utility teachers receive from ...
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[CITATION] Adapting to Change: Essays in Human Capital Investments and Occupational Choice

MJ Wiswall - 2005

[PDF] Household Choices and Child Development: Gender Roles and Outcomes

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D Del Boca, C Flinn… - 2009 - 194.185.200.102
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Evolution of Gender Differences in Post-Secondary Human Capital Investments: College Majors

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M Wiswall… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Over the past 40 years, the level of human capital investments has changed
substantially for men and women. Changes in the intensive margin of college major
selection have been also been substantial, as the number of graduates in humanities, ...
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What Linear Estimators Miss: The E ects of Family Income on Child Outcomes

KV Løken, M Mogstad… - Working Papers in Economics, 2011 - ideas.repec.org
This paper examines the causal relationship between family income and child out-comes.
Motivated by theoretical predictions and OLS results suggesting a nonlinear relationship, we
depart from previous studies in allowing the marginal e ects on children's outcomes of an ...
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[PDF] Are There Really No Family Size Effects on Children's Outcomes?

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M Mogstad, S Norway… - sole-jole.org
Abstract Recent research from several countries, using large data sets, extensive controls for
confounding characteristics such as birth order, and instrumental variables for family size,
has concluded that family size has no effect on children's outcomes. Using register data ...
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[PDF] Testing the Quantity-Quality Model of Fertility: Estimation using Unrestricted Family Size Models

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M Mogstad, S Norway… - files.nyu.edu
Abstract We re-examine the recent empirical evidence suggesting no tradeoff between child
quantity and quality. Motivated by the theoretical ambiguity about the magnitude and sign of
the marginal effects on child quality of additional siblings, we depart from previous ...
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Belief updating among college students: evidence from experimental variation in information

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M Wiswall… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We investigate how college students form and update their beliefs about future
earnings using a unique “information” experiment. We provide college students true
information about the population distribution of earnings and observe how this information ...
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Volunteering for Merit Pay? Evidence from Minnesota's Q Comp Program

C Nadler… - Working Paper, 2007 - mendeley.com
Abstract While merit or performance pay has been suggested as a way to improve public
school teaching, most schools pay teachers according to a fixed schedule of raises based
on the teachers experience and graduate education. Recent research attributes the lack of ...
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[CITATION] 434 PART 8: THE GENDERED WORKPLACE

K SCHILT… - The Gendered Society Reader, 2010 - Oxford Univ Pr
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[PDF] Licensing and Occupational Sorting in the Labor Market for Teachers

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M Wiswall - gc.cuny.edu
Abstract Teacher licensing or certification laws in the United States require prospective
teachers to complete a substantial number of specialized preparation courses to be allowed
to teach in public schools. Although the intention of these laws is to ensure the quality of ...
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