Among the first researchers to try to identify the impact of variation in instructional time were economists studying the effect of schooling on labor market outcomes such as earnings. (educationnext.org)
Related literature on neighborhood effects has found that labor market outcomes for adults are also significantly affected by the type of neighborhoods where people reside. (newyorkfed.org)
Students enroll and only much later realize lousy labor market outcomes. (gse.harvard.edu)