Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33893 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2301
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the determinants of the earnings of American Jewish men using the 2000/01 National Jewish Population Survey. Non-response to the question on earnings is analyzed. Earnings are related to conventional human capital variables, as well as Jewish-specific variables. Except for the size of place and region variables, the standard human capital variables have similar effects for Jews and the general population. Jewish day schooling as a youth enhances earnings. Earnings vary by denomination, with Conservative Jews earning the most. The effect on earnings of religiosity (measured by synagogue attendance) is not monotonic. Earnings are highest for those who attend only once a week
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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