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Omitted-Ability Bias And The Increase In The Return To Schooling, Mckinley L. Blackburn, David Neumark
Omitted-Ability Bias And The Increase In The Return To Schooling, Mckinley L. Blackburn, David Neumark
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Over the 1980s, there were sharp increases in the return to schooling estimated with conventional wage regressions. We explore whether the relationship between ability and schooling changed over this period in ways that would have increased the schooling coefficient in these regressions. Our empirical results reject the hypothesis that an increase in the bias of the schooling coefficient, due to a change in the relationship between ability and schooling, has contributed to observed increases in the return to schooling.We also find that the increase in the schooling return has occurred for workers with relatively high levels of academic ability.
Linking Teacher Educators, Knowledge, And The Quality Of Practice In Schools, Murrary F. Mitchell
Linking Teacher Educators, Knowledge, And The Quality Of Practice In Schools, Murrary F. Mitchell
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Children in this country are entrusted to teachers in schools for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, approximately 36 weeks a year, for 12 to 13 years. Citizens concerned with the future want to know if the children of today are being prepared for the world of tomorrow. Parents want to know what is being done to and for their sons and daughters. And in these times of financial cutbacks, taxpayers want to know where their tax dollars are going. There is widespread belief that schools in general, and teaching in particular, should be much better today than …