arbiter
JournalsPricingAccount

Covid Effects on the Returns to Schooling in Pennsylvania Industries

Yanan Chen et al.

Review of Economic Analysis2025https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v17i3.6113article
AJG 1ABDC B
Weight
0.50

What the paper says

This paper analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 recession on the rate of return to schooling for twenty industries in Pennsylvania. Using data from the American Community Survey 2011-2021, we find the rate of return to schooling declined by 0.3 percentage points during COVID years from its pre-COVID level, and COVID effects on the rate of return differed among industries in Pennsylvania. COVID increased the returns to schooling for three industries, decreased the returns to schooling for six industries, and had no effect on the returns to schooling for the remaining eleven industries. The changes in the rate of return to schooling reflect shifts in the wage premium between high- and low-wage workers.

Open paper page →

Cite this paper

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v17i3.6113

Or copy a formatted citation

@article{yanan2025,
  title        = {{Covid Effects on the Returns to Schooling in Pennsylvania Industries}},
  author       = {Yanan Chen et al.},
  journal      = {Review of Economic Analysis},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v17i3.6113},
}

Paste directly into BibTeX, Zotero, or your reference manager.

Flag this paper

Covid Effects on the Returns to Schooling in Pennsylvania Industries

Flags are reviewed by the Arbiter methodology team within 5 business days.

Evidence weight

0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

† Text relevance is estimated at 0.50 on the detail page — for your query’s actual relevance score, open this paper from a search result.