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The wage expectations of European college students
Brunello, Giorgio; Lucifora, Claudio - 2001
replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage … the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … variation across universities and fields. We also examine the trade-off between expected starting wages and wage growth. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401408
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Joint decisions on household membership and human capital accumulation of youths : the role of expected earnings and local markets
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Monfardini, Chiara - 2000
This paper analyses the effects of expected earnings and local markets conditions on the behaviour of young adults with high school diplomas. Decisions to either remain in the parental home or form a new household are modelled jointly with those of either gaining work experience or investing in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336852
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Foreign peer effects and STEM major choice
Anelli, Massimo; Shih, Kevin Y.; Williams, Kevin - 2017
-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points – equivalent to 3 ….7 native students displaced for 9 additional foreign students in an average course. STEM displacement is offset by an increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647623
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Efficient supply of human capital : role of college major
Cho, Sung-jin; Kam, Jihye; Lee, Soohyung - 2017
This study examines the extent to which changing the composition of college majors among working-age population may affect the supply of human capital or effective labor supply. We use the South Korean setting, in which the population is rapidly aging, but where, despite their high educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625354
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How school principals influence student learning
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Smith, Justin D. - 2014
Many studies examine the importance of teachers in students' learning, but few exist on the contribution of principals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245923
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Subjective discount rates, intergenerational transfers and the return to schooling
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 1999
Using a dynamic programming model of schooling decisions, we investigate the relationship between subjective discount rates and the labor market ability (the discount rate bias) on a panel taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Given household human capital and Armed Forces...
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293840
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"Study hard and make progress every day": updates on returns to education in China
Chen, Jie; Pastore, Francesco - 2021
In this paper, we apply Generalized Propensity Score Matching (GPSM) method, which deals with a continuous treatment variable, to estimate the returns to education in China from 2010 to 2017. Results are compared with OLS estimates from the classical Mincerian equation, as well as estimates from...
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Subjective beliefs and schooling decisions
Belzil, Christian (contributor) - 2007
This paper considers the estimation of sequential schooling decisions made by agents who are endowed with subjective beliefs about their own ability. I use unique Italian panel data which provide information on i) the curvature of the per-period utility function, ii) schooling decisions, iii)...
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Heterogeneous Beliefs and School Choice Mechanisms
Kapor, Adam - 2018
This paper studies how welfare outcomes in centralized school choice depend on the assignment mechanism when participants are not fully informed. Using a survey of school choice participants in a strategic setting, we show that beliefs about admissions chances differ from rational expectations...
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