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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696359
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322018
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Going to War and Going to College : Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans?
Bound, John - 1999
widespread rhetoric about the democratization' of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471331
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Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide : The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans
Turner, Sarah E. - 2002
The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469669
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Cohort Crowding : How Resources Affect Collegiate Attainment
Bound, John - 2006
Analyses of college attainment typically focus on factors affecting enrollment demand, including the financial attractiveness of a college education and the availability of financial aid, while implicitly assuming that resources available per student on the supply side of the market are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466241
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The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time : Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
Many American states require that students lacking basic reading proficiency after third grade be retained and … retained students are compared to their same-age peers, but remain substantial through grade 10 when compared to students in … the same grade. Being retained in third grade due to missing the promotion standard increases students' grade point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457159