Institution, Major, and Firm-Specific Premia: Evidence from Administrative Data
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- Ben Ost & Weixiang Pan & Douglas A. Webber, 2019. "Institution, Major, and Firm-Specific Premia: Evidence from Administrative Data," Working Papers 19-24, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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Keywords
College major; Higher education; Wage decomposition; Returns to institution; Firm effect; College premium;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2024-05-27 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2024-05-27 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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