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The consumption value of higher education

Alstadsæter, Annette; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2009

The consumption value of higher education is an important factor behind the individual's educational choice. We provide a comprehensive literature survey, and define the consumption value as the private, intended, non-pecuniary return to higher education. We provide new empirical evidence for...

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Are expectations alone enough? : estimating the effect of mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan

Jacob, Brian Aaron; Dynarski, Susan M.; Frank, Kenneth; … - 2016

This paper examines the impacts of the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC), a statewide college-preparatory curriculum that applies to the high school graduating class of 2008 and later. We use a student, longitudinal database for all public school students in Michigan for the main analyses, and...

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Student flows and migration : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2005

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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Can online delivery increase access to education?

Goodman, Joshua S.; Melkers, Julia; Pallais, Amanda - 2017

Though online technology has generated excitement about its potential to increase access to education, most research has focused on comparing student performance across online and in-person formats. We provide the first evidence that online education affects the number of people pursuing formal...

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How does for-profit college attendance affect student loans, defaults and labor market outcomes?

Armona, Luis; Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Lovenheim, Michael F. - 2019

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend for-profit institutions take on more educational debt, have worse labor market outcomes, and are more likely to default than students attending similarly-selective public...

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Does ignorance of economic returns and costs explain the educational aspiration gap? : evidence from representative survey experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those without a university degree favor a university education for their children. The latter are more...

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Socio-economic gaps in university enrollment : the role of perceived pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns

Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher - 2017

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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Proprietary income, entrepreneurial risk, and the predictability of US stock returns

Hoffmann, Mathias (contributor) - 2006

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Engineering growth : innovative capacity and development in the Americas

Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017

engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level … in engineers in 1880 accounts for a 16% increase in US county income today, and patenting capacity contributes another 10 … engineers diverged in their growth trajectories over the next century. The results are supported by historical case studies from …

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The gender imbalance in participation in Canadian universities (1977-2005)

Christofidēs, Loizos N.; Hoy, Michael; Yang, Ling - 2009

More females than males have been attending Canadian universities over the past decade and this gender imbalance in university participation has been increasing. We use the Linear Probability and Logit models to investigate the determinants of attending university and explore the reasons for the...

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