Brad Hershbein

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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1.

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15323
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 May 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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colleges, labor markets, postsecondary education, economic mobility

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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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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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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 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?

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 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?

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, 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