biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university … average treatment effects might understate the true effects of the university expansion program introduced in China in 1999 …

and to choose Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) as college major. The reform that was introduced in …-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM …

increase the stock of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but data … availability has thus far prevented researchers from directly connecting STEM education to human capital externalities. This paper … uses the 2009-2011 American Community Survey to examine the external effects of college graduates in STEM and non-STEM …

This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on …

, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Using both microdata from the American Community Survey and student records from the … decisions, with a focus on STEM fields. We find consistent evidence that state merit programs did in fact reduce the likelihood … that a young person in the state will earn a STEM degree. …

, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and there is a desire to understand how various policies affect college major decisions …'s HOPE Scholarship has affected students' college major decisions, with a focus on STEM majors. We find consistent evidence … that HOPE reduced the likelihood that a USG student earned a degree with a major in a STEM field. The paper explores …