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Is Compassion a Good Career Move?

Nonprofit Earnings Differentials from Job Changes

Andrew C. Johnston and Carla Johnston
Journal of Human Resources, October 2021, 56 (4) 1226-1253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.4.0319-10120R1
Andrew C. Johnston
Andrew C. Johnston is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Merced ()
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Carla Johnston is a graduate student of economics at the University of California, Berkeley ()
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vol. 56 no. 4 1226-1253
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.4.0319-10120R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received March 1, 2019
  • Accepted September 1, 2019
  • Published online October 29, 2021.

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  1. Andrew C. Johnston and
  2. Carla Johnston
  1. Andrew C. Johnston is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Merced (acjohnston{at}ucmerced.edu)
  2. Carla Johnston is a graduate student of economics at the University of California, Berkeley (carlajohnston{at}berkeley.edu)
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