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Title: How do Students Respond to Labor Market and Education Incentives? An Analysis of Homework Time

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This study examines the extent to which high school students respond to education and labor market incentives when making decisions about homework. Student and state fixed effects estimators are used to control for unobserved individual and geographic heterogeneity and selection. I find that students choices about homework respond to unemployment rates and changes in the minimum wage, butnot to changes in the price of higher education. These responses are not constant throughout the population: female students, low income students, and low achievingstudents in particular increase their homework time in response to a higher minimum wage, while male students are more responsive to changes in the unemployment rate.

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Authors: McMullen, Steven

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Research

Issue: 3

Volume: 32

Pages: 199-209

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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