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Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment : The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns
Boneva, Teodora - 2018
To understand the socio-economic enrollment gap in university attendance, we elicit students' beliefs about the benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary school students. Our choice model estimates reveal that perceived non-pecuniary benefits explain a large share of the...
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Student Earnings Expectations : Heterogeneity or Noise?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2016
Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based on ex post outcomes impose a rational structure of expectations on school performance and post-graduation earnings. Direct surveys suggest much ignorance and fuzziness. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979578
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Top of the Class: The Importance of Ordinal Rank
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - CESifo - 2014
This paper examines the long-run impact of ordinal rank during primary school on productivity using comprehensive English administrative data. Identification is obtained from variation in test score distributions across cohorts and subjects, such that the same score relative to the class mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779409
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College Curriculum, Diverging Selectivity, and Enrollment Expansion
Kaganovich, Michael - 2016
We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges which differentiate themselves horizontally by setting curricular standards. When public or economic pressures compel less selective colleges to lower their curricular demands,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979106
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College Expansion and Curriculum Choice
Kaganovich, Michael - 2015
This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023915
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College Expansion and Curriculum Choice
Kaganovich, Michael; Su, Xuejuan - CESifo - 2015
This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257677
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The Effects of High School Peers' Gender on College Major, College Performance and Income
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco; Wahba, Jackline - CESifo - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor’s degree in Economics, arguably an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948840
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Is Additional Schooling Worthless? Revising the Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2018
This study estimates the effect of compulsory schooling on earnings. For identification, I exploit a German reform that extended the duration of secondary schooling in the 1960s. I find that hourly wages increase by 6%-8% per additional year of schooling. This result challenges prior findings...
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