Contributions

  • Donald, Stephen G. - Contributor
  • National Bureau of Economic Research. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

7,250 words, Guess

Page Count

29 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHB1

Description

"We link information on the current earnings of college graduates from many cohorts to their high-school records, their detailed college records and their demographics to infer the impact of college major on earnings. We develop an estimator to handle the potential for non-response bias and identify non-response using an affinity measure--the potential respondent's link to the organization conducting the survey. This technique is generally applicable for adjusting for unit non-response. In the model describing earnings, estimated using the identified (for non-response bias) selectivity adjustments, adjusted earnings differentials across college majors are less than half as large as unadjusted differentials and ten percent smaller than those that do not account for selective non-response"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Subjects

Topics

WagesCollege majorsEconomic aspectsCollege graduatesWages -- College graduatesCollege majors -- Economic aspectsEconomic aspects of College majors

Series Statement

  • NBER working paper series -- no. 10809.
  • Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 10809.

Links

Other Editions

  • The effect of college curriculum on earnings: accounting for non-ignorable non-response biasNational Bureau of Economic Research2004-01-01

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