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Title: Three Essays in Labor and Public Economics
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Nencka, Peter |
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Three Essays in Labor and Public Economics Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2020 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): College Characteristics; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Geocoded Data; Skills Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In Chapter 2, we show that increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) during childhood affect college choices. Increased EITC is associated with raising the probability that youth attend four-year rather than two-year schools and higher-quality four-year schools. To understand this result, we explore two possible mechanisms. Increased EITC may augment skills developed before college entry. More pre-college skill matters because it makes attending high quality colleges more attainable and valuable. Increased tax credits may also relieve actual or perceived financial constraints associated with higher-quality colleges. We find evidence for both mechanisms, with effects on pre-college skills explaining most of the results. We also find that EITC responses are largest for youth with many local colleges. This suggests that additional geographic targeting of the EITC and similar transfer programs may improve welfare. |
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Nencka, Peter. Three Essays in Labor and Public Economics. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2020. |