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Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors

Ransom, Tyler - 2020

I examine the extent to which the returns to college majors are influenced by selective migration and occupational choice across locations in the US. To quantify the role of selection, I develop and estimate an extended Roy model of migration, occupational choice, and earnings where, upon...

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Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard

Arcidiacono, Peter - 2019

The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school …, legacies, those on the dean's interest list, and children of faculty and staff (ALDCs). Among white admits, over 43% are ALDC …-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the …

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Divergent : The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard

Arcidiacono, Peter - 2019

Applications to elite US colleges have more than doubled over the past 20 years, with little change in the number of available seats. We examine how this increased competition has affected the admissions advantage that legacies and athletes (LA) receive. Using data on Harvard applications over...

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Recruit to reject? : Harvard and African American applicants

Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - In: Economics of education review 88 (2022), pp. 1-13

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