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Title: The Impact of Identity and Self-perception on Labor Market Outcomes

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This dissertation explores the impact of perception on labor market outcomes in three contexts. The first chapter uses NELS:88 data to examine the differential impact of subject specific self-perception on education choices and labor market outcomes. I find that test scores, grades and perception are all positive and statistically significant indicators of the years of education attained, and dissonance between the measures does not appear to affect investment in education. However, perception outperforms test scores when predicting later wages. These findings challenge the standard assumption that individuals have perfect information about their ability, and points to the importance of understanding self-perception in explaining future success. The second chapter uses 2000 Census data to determine if there are country level differences in the returns to education for Hispanic males who migrated as adults. It also explores if similar country level effects are present in the returns to Hispanic males . . .

Url: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/33723

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Authors: Hoagland, Chasya

Institution: University of Washington

Department: Economics

Advisor: Yoram Barzel

Degree: PhD

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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