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Investing in Schools : Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Achievement
Martorell, Paco - 2015
event-study analyses focusing on students that attend targeted schools and therefore exposed to major campus renovations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457153
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College Majors and Skills : Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads
Hemelt, Steven W.; Hershbein, Brad; Martin, Shawn M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We document the skill content of college majors as perceived by employers and expressed in the near universe of U.S. online job ads. Social and organizational skills are general in that they are sought by employers of almost all college majors, whereas other skills are more specialized. In turn,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794631
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Attrition from Administrative Data : Problems and Solutions with an Application to Postsecondary Education
Foote, Andrew; Stange, Kevin M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines the bias arising from individuals' migration from administrative outcome data, with a focus on the labor market consequences of postsecondary education. We find that out-of-state migration is particularly problematic for high-earners, flagship graduates, and certain majors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334449
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The Returns to College Major Choice : Average and Distributional Effects, Career Trajectories, and Earnings Variability
Andrews, Rodney J.; Imberman, Scott A.; Lovenheim, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
to the role of earnings growth and variability. Using linked administrative data from Texas on public K-12 students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013361985
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Marginal Pricing and Student Investment in Higher Education
Hemelt, Steven W. - 2014
This paper examines the effect of marginal price on students' educational investments using rich administrative data on … students at Michigan public universities. Students facing zero marginal price for credits above the full-time minimum (i.e., 12 … marginal price induces a modest share of students (i.e., 7 percent) to attempt up to one additional class (i.e., 3 credits) but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457887
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College as Country Club : Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?
Jacob, Brian - 2013
amenities to their students. We estimate a discrete choice model of college demand using micro data from the high school classes … of 1992 and 2004, matched to extensive information on all four-year colleges in the U.S. We find that most students do … taste for amenities is broad-based, the taste for academic quality is confined to high-achieving students. The heterogeneity …
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