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Douglas Webber

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20551

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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Scholarly Papers (12)

Institution, Major, and Firm-Specific Premia: Evidence from Administrative Data

FEDS Working Paper No. 2024-18
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Apr 2024
Ben Ost, Weixiang Pan and Douglas Webber
University of Illinois at Chicago, Georgia State University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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College major, Higher education, Wage decomposition, Returns to institution, Firm effect, College premium

Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection

FEDS Working Paper No. 2024-24
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Apr 2024
Jain Family Institute, Stanford University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jain Family Institute and Stanford University
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Adverse Selection, Education Finance, Higher Education, Income Share Agreements, Student Loans

Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 24-7
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Apr 2024
Jain Family Institute, Stanford University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jain Family Institute and Stanford University
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education finance, education insurance, income insurance, adverse selection, financial aid, income-share agreement, ISA, student loan, student debt, higher education, income-driven repayment, IDR, income-contingent financing

Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection

NBER Working Paper No. w32260
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Mar 2024
Jain Family Institute, Stanford University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jain Family Institute and Stanford University
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Predicting College Closures and Financial Distress

FEDS Working Paper No. 2025-3
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 13 Jan 2025
Robert Kelchen, Dubravka Ritter and Douglas Webber
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Higher education, College, university, Enrollment, Tuition, Revenue, Budget, Closure, Fiscal challenge, Demographic cliff

Predicting College Closures and Financial Distress

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 24-20
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 17 Dec 2024
Robert Kelchen, Dubravka Ritter and Douglas Webber
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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higher education, college, university, enrollment, tuition, revenue, budget, closure, fiscal challenge, demographic cliff

Predicting College Closures and Financial Distress

NBER Working Paper No. w33216
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2024
Robert Kelchen, Dubravka Ritter and Douglas Webber
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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College Networks and Re-Employment of Displaced Workers

FEDS Working Paper No. 2023-43
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Sep 2023
Ben Ost, Weixiang Pan and Douglas Webber
University of Illinois at Chicago, Georgia State University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Roles of Assimilation and Ethnic Enclave Residence in Immigrant Smoking

NBER Working Paper No. w19753
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Temple University - Department of Economics and Yale University - School of Public Health
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Place-Based Labor Market Inequality

FEDS Working Paper No. 2025-40
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Jun 2025
Douglas Webber, Isabella Agnes, Jessica Liu and Erin Troland
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Independent, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Geographic Inequality, Job Postings, Job Vacancies, Unemployment Rates

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Suitability of a County-Level Income Definition for Analysis of Lower-Income Communities

FEDS Working Paper No. 2025-39
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Jun 2025
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Independent, Independent, Independent, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Independent, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Geographic inequality, Household financial well-being

Local Labor Market Tightness and Job Quality: Evidence from Job Changers

FEDS Working Paper No. 2026-43
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 Jun 2026
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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job quality, labor market tightness, Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), Lightcast, local shocks

Local Labor Market Tightness and Job Quality: Evidence from Job Changers

CESifo Working Paper No. 12762
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Jun 2026
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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job quality, labor market tightness, shed, jolts, Lightcast, local shocks

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Decomposing Recent Employment Gains Among Disabled Workers

FEDS Working Paper No. 2025-95
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Dec 2025
Hsinyu (Samuel) Tseng and Douglas Webber
Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Disability, Labor force, Employment

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AI Adoption and Firms’ Job-Posting Behavior

FEDS Notes No. 2026-03-27
Posted: 06 Apr 2026
Jessica Liu and Douglas Webber
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Non-Completion, Student Debt, and Financial Well-Being: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

FEDS Notes No. 2023-08-21
Posted: 11 Sep 2023
Jacob Lockwood and Douglas Webber
Independent and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Decomposing Changes in Higher Education Return on Investment Over Time

FEDS Notes No. 2022-07-13
Posted: 21 Jul 2022
Douglas Webber
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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