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Behavioral Effects of Student Loan Repayment Plan Options on Borrowers’ Career Decisions : Theory and Experimental Evidence
Abraham, Katharine G. - 2018
We study the effects of available student loan repayment plans on borrowers' career choices. By removing the risk of loan default, income driven repayment (IDR) plans make higher-paying but riskier jobs more attractive to those with moderate skill levels. We present experimental evidence that...
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Academics vs. Athletics : Career Concerns for NCAA Division I Coaches
Avery, Christopher - 2016
We analyze the promotions and firings of NCAA Division 1 college basketball and college football coaches to assess whether these coaches are rewarded for the academic performance of their players in promotion and retention decisions. We find that an increase in Academic Progress Rate, as...
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Why Choose Career Technical Education? Disentangling Student Preferences from Program Availability
Jacob, Brian Aaron; Ricks, Michael D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper presents the first evidence of how students make career technical education (CTE) course-taking decisions …
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College Students and Career Aspirations : Nudging Student Interest in Teaching
Christian, Alvin; Ronfeldt, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We survey undergraduate students at a large public university to understand the pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors …% chance they will pursue teaching, almost 27% report a nonzero chance of working as a teacher in the future. Students … teaching job). We run a randomized information experiment where we provide students with information on the pecuniary and non …
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The Simple Economics of Open Source
Lerner, Josh - 2000
There has been a recent surge of interest in open source software development, which involves developers at many different locations and organizations sharing code to develop and refine programs. To an economist, the behavior of individual programmers and commercial companies engaged in open...
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Why Do Dancers Smoke? Time Preference, Occupational Choice, and Wage Growth
Munasinghe, Lalith - 2000
Time preference is a key determinant of occupational choice and investments in human capital. Since careers are characterized by different wage growth prospects, individual discount rates play an important role in the relative valuation of jobs or occupations. We predict that individuals with...
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Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market
Freeman, Richard B. - 1981
This study uses Current Population Survey cohort data and the National Longitudinal Survey for men aged 14-24 in 1966 to examine the earnings growth of college graduates relative to high school graduates during the 1970s depressed market for graduates. The principal finding is that the...
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Interrupted Work Careers
Mincer, Jacob - 1980
The quantitative effects and even the existence of "human capital depreciation" phenomena has been a subject of controversy in the recent literature. Prior work, however, was largely cross-sectional and theiotgitudina1 dimension, if any, was retrospective. Using longitudinal panel data (on...
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Elite Schools and Opting In : Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes
Ge, Suqin - 2018
Using College and Beyond data and a variant on Dale and Krueger's (2002) matched-applicant approach, this paper revisits the question of how attending an elite college affects later-life outcomes. We expand the scope along two dimensions: we examine new outcomes related to labor force...
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Tapping into Talent : Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2020
How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes the various layers that connect R&D subsidies and higher education policy to productivity growth. We put the development of scarce talent and career choice at the center of a...
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