How do Transfer Students Perform in Economics? Evidence from Intermediate Macroeconomics
For students taking intermediate-level economics, does it matter where they studied principles of economics? Does transferring college credit influence subsequent academic performance in economics? With a sample covering 1999--2008, the authors analyze in this article a group of nearly 1,000 students taking intermediate macroeconomics at a prominent state university. Despite seemingly impressive-looking grades from the principles of macroeconomics course, community college transfer students significantly underperformed their peers in the intermediate macroeconomics course, unlike transfer students from four-year institutions. Moreover, students who transferred other course work from community college (that is, other than the principles course) were relatively less likely to succeed in intermediate macroeconomics.
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2013
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Authors: | Asarta, Carlos J. ; Fuess, Scott M. ; Perumal, Andrew |
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The Journal of Economic Education. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0022-0485. - Vol. 44.2013, 2, p. 110-128
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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