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Johnathan G. Conzelmann; Shawn Martin; Steven W. Hemelt; Andrew Simon; Brad J. Hershbein; Kevin M. Stange – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
How does postsecondary human capital investment respond to changes in labor market skill demand? We quantify the magnitude and nature of this response in the U.S. 4-year sector. To do so, we develop a new measure of institution-major-specific labor demand, and corresponding shift-share instrument, that combines job ads with alumni locations. We…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Demand Occupations, Job Skills
Johnathan G. Conzelmann; Steven W. Hemelt; Brad J. Hershbein; Shawn Martin; Andrew Simon; Kevin M. Stange – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
Does higher education--particularly the public and private nonprofit bachelor's degree--granting sector that has faced the greatest skepticism of late--respond more broadly to shifts in demand for certain types of skills and fields of study? The authors investigate how degree production and course-taking at U.S. undergraduate programs respond to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Labor Demands, Demand Occupations