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We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...
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The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through age 60, I show that growth in the college wage premium is primarily explained by occupational sorting. Shortly after graduating, workers...
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colleges that students attend, the three key factors that give children from high-income families an admissions advantage are …. Could such colleges -- which currently have many more students from high-income families than low-income families … due to higher admissions rates for students with comparable test scores from high-income families; the remaining third is …
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stigmatize suspended students and expose them to the criminal justice system at a young age. On the other hand, strict discipline … acts as a deterrent and limits harmful spillovers of misbehavior onto other students. This paper estimates the net impact … switches, we show that schools with higher suspension rates have substantial negative long-run impacts. Students assigned to a …
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