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academic performance and their labor market income. We leverage the fact that the composition of high school classmates (peers …), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random.We find that male … students graduating from classes with at least 80% of male peers were more likely to choose "prevalently male" (PM) college …
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Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner. This paper reports … treatment group combined both interventions. Service take-up rates were much higher for women than for men and for students …
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admission threshold have 52% higher yearly income with respect to just-below-threshold students. This premium is equivalent to a … income premium. I find that students with a just-above-threshold score are less likely to be college dropouts, take six fewer … administrative records about high school, college admission, college attendance and tax returns. Students with score just above the …
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Commitment devices offer an opportunity to restrict future choices. However, if severe restrictions deter participation, weaker restrictions may be a more effective means of changing behavior. We test this using a school-based commitment savings device for educational expenses in Uganda. We...
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