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Peers' composition effects in the short and in the long run : college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283120
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The persistent effects of short-term peer groups in higher education
Thiemann, Petra - 2017
This paper demonstrates that short-term peer exposure can generate achievement effects which persist for several months and years. I study a mandatory freshmen week for first-year undergraduates and exploit the random assignment of students to freshmen teams. I find that the freshmen week...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732065
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Non-college occupations, workplace routinization, and the gender gap in college enrollment
Chuan, Amanda; Zhang, Weilong - 2023
This paper explores how non-college occupations contributed to the gender gap in college enrollment, where women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250544
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The impact of the “Coding Girls” program on high school students' educational choices
Basiglio, Stefania; Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara … - 2023
' programming skills and on their awareness of gender differences in the workforce. However, it did not seem to affect girls …' aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very …
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Money or fun? : why students want to pursue further education
Belfield, Chris; Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher; … - 2016
socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521174
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LATE for the meeting : gender, peer advising, and college success
Ellis, Jimmy R.; Gershenson, Seth - 2016
Many male and first-generation college goers struggle in their first year of postsecondary education. Mentoring programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the impact of such programs, and the factors that influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476579
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Attainment and gender equality in higher education : evidence from a large scale expansion
Caner, Asena; Demirel, Merve; Okten, Cagla - 2019
gender gap in higher education. Before the expansion, women had lower higher education rates. The expansion increased the … attainment rates of both men and women but failed to reduce the gender gap. Comparing the scale of expansion across fields of …, thereby raising the gender gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127253
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How gender and prior disadvantage predict performance in college
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2020
Much research has shown that having a better class of degree has significant payoff in the labour market. Using administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228165
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Gender differences in college applications: aspiration and risk management
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2020
We study gender differences in decision-making strategy when applying for college using applications data for all … examine how the college choices of equally achieving students differ by gender. We find that female students better balance … for a particular college. When we investigate how effects differ across the achievement distribution, we find that gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389776
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The gendered impact of in-state tuition policies on undocumented immigrants' college enrollment, graduation, and employment
Averett, Susan; Bansak, Cynthia; Condon, Grace; … - 2023
, unlike previous studies, we allow for heterogeneity by gender and marital status and we demonstrate that there are gendered …
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