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Title: Constraints in Education and Labor Market Entry

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This dissertation addresses the effects of constraints in education, particularly in the transition from completing education to entering the labor market. Chapter 1 examines the effect of merit aid scholarship programs and student loans on labor market outcomes after graduation. Qualifying for merit aid programs leads to a dramatic decrease in student loans as well as a decrease in salary income one year after graduation. Using merit aid eligibility as an instrument for loans, I find that graduates with higher loans have higher income after graduation, in sufficient magnitudes to offset the amount of their loans within two to three years of graduation. Examining the heterogeneity of the results with respect to ability and family income suggests that these results are generated by short term credit constraints after graduation. Chapter 2 explores the long run impacts of child labor by studying changes in minimum working age laws and compulsory schooling . . .

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Authors: Chapman, Stephanie

Institution: Northwestern University

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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