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Affirmative Action and University Fit: Evidence from Proposition 209

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Proposition 209 banned using racial preferences in admissions at California's public colleges. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209, graduation rates of minorities increased by 4.4%. We...

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Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

College admissions officers face a rapidly changing policy environment where court decisions have limited the use of affirmative action. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that commonly used signals of college readiness, such as the SAT/ACTs, are subject to race and socioeconomic bias....

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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

Cortes, Kalena E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

decreased, respectively, by 4.9 and 4.2 percentage points. Moreover, I find no evidence in support of the minority "mismatch …

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University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Hotz, V. Joseph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The low number of college graduates with science degrees – particularly among under-represented minorities – is of growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student-level data on the University of California system during a...

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Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?

Stratton, Leslie S.; Dennis M. O’Toole; Wetzel, James N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Post-Secondary Survey to determine whether the factors associated with long-term attrition from higher education differ for students who initially enrolled part-time as compared to for students who initially enrolled full-time. Using a two-stage sequential...

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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...

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Good Skills in Bad Times: Cyclical Skill Mismatch and the Long-Term Effects of Graduating in a Recession

Liu, Kai; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills … Norwegian data, we find a strong countercyclical pattern of skill mismatch among college graduates. Initial labor market … conditions have a declining but persistent effect on the probability of mismatch early in their careers. We provide a simple …

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The Effect of Overskilling Dynamics on Wages

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Mahuteau, Stéphane; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

overskilling mismatch is common and more likely among those who have been overskilled in the past. It is also highly persistent, in …

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Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010

O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...

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Is Unemployment Structural or Cyclical? Main Features of Job Matching in the EU after the Crisis

Arpaia, Alfonso; Kiss, Aron; Turrini, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The paper sheds light on developments in labour market matching in the EU after the crisis. First, it analyses the main features of the Beveridge curve and frictional unemployment in EU countries, with a view to isolate temporary changes in the vacancy-unemployment relationship from structural...

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