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Does Enrollment Lead to Completion?

Measuring Adjustments in Education to Local Labor Market Shocks

View ORCID ProfileRamiro Burga and Sarah Turner
Journal of Human Resources, May 2023, 58 (3) 755-782; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.0121-11408
Ramiro Burga
Ramiro Burga is a Ph.D. student of economics at the University of Virginia ().
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Sarah Turner is a university professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia and a research fellow at the NBER ().
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Evidence of the Impact of Trade Exposure on Labor Market and Educational Outcomes
    • III. Measuring Secondary Educational Attainment in Local Markets
    • IV. Estimating the Effects of Import Exposure on High School Enrollment and Graduation
    • V. Empirical Estimates of Enrollment and High School Attainment Impacts
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