scholarly journals Assessing Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Across Race, Age, and Educational Attainment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals Are there long-term benefits from early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries?

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
M. Najeeb Shafiq ◽  
Amanda Devercelli ◽  
Alexandria Valerio
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Middle Income Countries

We examine the relationship between participation in early childhood education (ECE) and various long-term outcomes: post-ECE educational attainment, the development of both cognitive and socioemotional skills, and labor market outcomes. The data are from the recent Skills Toward Employability and Productivity surveys of urban adults in 12 low- and middle-income countries. Using OLS regression and propensity score matching techniques, we find suggestive evidence of long-term benefits across countries, as well as mixed evidence within countries. Notably, we find positive and statistically significant associations between ECE participation and post-ECE educational attainment (a mean of 0.9 additional years across countries). We find relatively fewer cases of positive associations between ECE and long-term socioemotional outcomes. The evidence on ECE and labor market outcomes is varied, with positive associations for skill-use but weak associations with earnings. Such mixed results suggest that improvements in the quality of ECE programs are necessary for realizing the full range of long-term benefits. 

scholarly journals The Economic Gains from Equity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1.000-30.000
Author(s):  
Shelby R. Buckman ◽  
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Laura Y. Choi ◽  
Mary C. Daly ◽  
Lily M. Seitelman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Race Differences ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Simple Growth

How much is inequity costing us? Using a simple growth accounting framework we apply standard shift-share techniques to data from the Current Population Survey (1990-2019) to compute the aggregate economic costs of persistent educational and labor market disparities by gender and race. We find significant economic losses associated with these gaps. Building on this finding, we consider which disparities generate the largest costs, paying specific attention to differences in employment, hours worked, educational attainment, educational utilization, and occupational allocation. We also examine gaps in the returns on these variables. Our findings suggest that differences in employment opportunities and educational attainment make the largest contributions by race; differences in returns on these variables also contribute materially to the total costs. Differences by gender are primarily driven by gaps in employment and hours. Given the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of women and people of color, as well as the fact that the U.S. population is increasingly racially diverse, these costs will only increase in the future.

scholarly journals Ethnic gaps in educational attainment and labor-market outcomes: evidence from France

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Langevin ◽  
David Masclet ◽  
Fabien Moizeau ◽  
Emmanuel Peterle
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals Shoring up economic refugees: Venezuelan migrants in the Ecuadoran labor market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Olivieri ◽  
Francesc Ortega ◽  
Ana Rivadeneira ◽  
Eliana Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Third ◽  
High Educational Attainment ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
Large Survey ◽  
High Educational ◽  
Low Wages

Abstract Ecuador became the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans who left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10 per cent of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This article fills this gap by analyzing a new large survey (EPEC). On average, Venezuelan workers are highly skilled and have high rates of employment, compared with Ecuadorans. However, their employment is of much lower quality, characterized by low wages, and high rates of informality and temporality. Venezuelans have experienced significant occupational downgrading, relative to their employment prior to emigration. As a result, despite their high educational attainment, Venezuelans primarily compete for jobs with the least skilled and more economically vulnerable Ecuadoran workers. Our simulations suggest that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of education credentials, would increase Ecuador’s GDP between 1.6 and 1.9 per cent and alleviate the pressure on disadvantaged native workers. We also show that providing work permits to Venezuelan workers would substantially reduce their rates of informality and increase their average earnings.

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