Brad Hershbein

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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1.

Degrees of Poverty: The Relationship between Family Income Background and the Returns to Education

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 18-284
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Timothy Bartik and Brad Hershbein
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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inequality, return to education, career earnings profile, PSID, low-income

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How Much Does High School Matter? High School Classes and Subsequent College Performance

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 May 2013
Greg Ferenstein and Brad Hershbein
Independent and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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high school, college, course-taking, academic performance, calculus, critical thinking, argument

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The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 30 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2017
Timothy Bartik, Brad Hershbein and Marta Lachowska
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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place-based scholarship, enrollment, college completion, natural experiment, difference-in-differences, education policy

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The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do

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The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do

Upjohn Institute working paper; 21-341 (2021)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Brad Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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COVID-19, employment rates, inequality, pandemic recession, recovery

The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14108
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Feb 2021
Brad Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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Monopsony in the U.S. Labor Market

Number of pages: 128 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Chen Yeh, Claudia Macaluso and Brad Hershbein
University of Chicago, affiliation not provided to SSRN and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Monopsony, labor market power, markdowns, secular trends

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Worker Signals Among New College Graduates: The Role of Selectivity and GPA

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 13-190
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Jan 2013
Brad Hershbein
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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college graduates, signaling, school quality, grade point average

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The Impact of Subsidized Birth Control for College Women: Evidence from the Deficit Reduction Act

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 May 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014
Emily Collins and Brad Hershbein
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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birth control, contraception, college, college women

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Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

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Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 16-254, 2016
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2016
Brad Hershbein and Lisa B. Kahn
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Harvard University, Department of Economics
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Job polarization, job postings, RBTC, recessions, routine - biased technological change, upskilling, vacancies

Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

NBER Working Paper No. w22762
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 24 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Brad Hershbein and Lisa Kahn
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Yale School of Management
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Recessions and Local Labor Market Hysteresis

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 20-325, 2020
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 03 Jun 2020
Brad Hershbein and Bryan A. Stuart
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Recessions, Hysteresis, Demand Shocks, Local Labor Markets, Event Study

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Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w15272
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2023
John Bound, Brad Hershbein and Bridget Long
University of Michigan, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The Evolution of Local Labor Markets after Recessions

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The Evolution of Local Labor Markets after Recessions

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 22-16
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 12 May 2022
Brad Hershbein and Bryan Stuart
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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local labor markets, recessions, employment rates, migration

The Evolution of Local Labor Markets after Recessions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15984
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 05 Mar 2023
Brad Hershbein and Bryan Stuart
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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local labor markets, recessions, employment rates, migration

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The Distribution of College Graduate Debt, 1990 to 2008: A Decomposition Approach

Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 14-204
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 04 Feb 2014
Brad Hershbein and Kevin Hollenbeck
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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student loans, higher education, NPSAS, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, semiparametric reweighting, recentered influence functions

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A Second Look at Enrollment Changes after the Kalamazoo Promise

Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 13-200
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Brad Hershbein
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Kalamazoo Promise, place-based scholarship, local economic development, enrollment, migration, selection

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College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

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College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Brad Hershbein, Melissa S. Kearney and Luke Pardue
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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education, college attainment, income inequality, earnings distribution, economic security poverty

College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

NBER Working Paper No. w26747
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Brad Hershbein, Melissa S. Kearney and Luke Pardue
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Contract Work at Older Ages

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Contract Work at Older Ages

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Apr 2020
Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein and Susan N. Houseman
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Contract work, independent contractor, self-employment, online platform, retirement, Gallup

Contract Work at Older Ages

NBER Working Paper No. w26612
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein and Susan N. Houseman
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages

NBER Working Paper No. w17922
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Martha J. Bailey, Brad Hershbein and Amalia R. Miller
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 U.S. Fertility Decline

NBER Working Paper No. w19599
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Martha J. Bailey, Melanie Guldi and Brad Hershbein
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics, University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys

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The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on Its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve Its Measurement in Household Surveys

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 23-38, February 2023
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 28 Feb 2023
Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein, Susan N. Houseman and Beth C. Truesdale
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Harvard University - Department of Sociology
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independent contractor, self-employment, work arrangements, survey design, miscoding, secondary work

The Independent Contractor Workforce: New Evidence on its Size and Composition and Ways to Improve its Measurement in Household Surveys

NBER Working Paper No. w30997
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein, Susan N. Houseman and Beth C. Truesdale
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Harvard University - Department of Sociology
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The Merits of Universal Scholarships: Benefit-Cost Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2016
Timothy Bartik, Brad Hershbein and Marta Lachowska
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Downloads 50 (735,233)
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place-based scholarship, enrollment, college completion, natural experiment, difference-in-differences, financial aid policy, benefit-cost analysis

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Beyond degrees: Longer term outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Jul 2021
Brad Hershbein, Isabel McMullen, Brian Pittelko and Bridget Timmeney
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute, W.E. Upjohn Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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place-based scholarship, difference-in-differences, mixed methods, workforce outcomes, earnings, migration, education policy

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Grads on the Go: Measuring College-Specific Labor Markets for Graduates

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15323
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 May 2022 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2022
Johnathan Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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postsecondary education, labor markets, colleges, economic mobility

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College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads

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College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14964
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 19 May 2022
Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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college major, skill demand

College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads

NBER Working Paper No. w29605
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads.

Posted: 23 Apr 2024
Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

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college major, skill demand, job ads

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Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16405
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
Johnathan Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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labor demand, skill demand, college major, educational investment

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Place-Based Consequences of Person-Based Transfers: Evidence from Recessions

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jan 2022
Brad Hershbein and Bryan A. Stuart
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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recessions, safety net, government transfers, demand shocks, local labor markets, event study

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Place-Based Consequences of Person-Based Transfer: Evidence from Recessions

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 22-8
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Brad Hershbein and Bryan Stuart
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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recessions, safety net, government transfers

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Grads on the Go: Measuring College-Specific Labor Markets for Graduates

NBER Working Paper No. w30088
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 30 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Johnathan Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Chicago and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 30 Apr 2024
Johnathan Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Chicago and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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labor demand, skill demand, college major, educational investment

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Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?

NBER Working Paper No. w31572
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 21 Aug 2023
Johnathan Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon and Kevin Stange
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Chicago and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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