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Modeling the signaling value of the GED with an application to an exogenous passing standard increase in Texas
Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor); Tyler, John H. (contributor) - 2007
which affected GED test takers in Texas. We utilize unique data from the Texas Schools Micro Data Panel (TSMP) which contain … demographic and GED test score information from the Texas Education Agency linked to pre- and post-test taking Unemployment … Insurance quarterly wage records from the Texas Workforce Commission. Comparing Texas dropouts who acquired a GED before the …
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Can admissions percent plans lead to better collegiate fit for minority students?
Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - 2015
Why do so many students mismatch when choosing a college? A plausible hypothesis is a lack of information about the likelihood of admission. This study contributes to the literature on mismatch by testing whether public university automatic admissions policies mitigate academic undermatch and...
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Match or mismatch? : automatic admissions and college preferences of low- and high-income students
Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cortes, Kalena E. - 2016
We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find that admissions certainty encourages college-ready...
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Efficacy vs. equity : what happens when states tinker with college admissions in a race-blind era?
Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - 2014
-year graduation. Importantly, we take advantage of a unique institutional feature of the Texas higher education system to control for …
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The effect of product demand on inequality : evidence from the US and the UK
Leonardi, Marco - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between product demand and the pattern of rising skill premia and rising employment of skilled workers in the US and the UK since the 1980s. If more skilled workers demand more skill-intensive goods, then an increase in relative skill supply will also induce...
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The economic progress of American Jewry : from 18th century merchants to 21st century professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
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Do bans on affirmative action hurt minority students? : evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2010
from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority …" hypothesis. These results suggest that most of the increase in the graduation gap between minorities and non-minorities in Texas …
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Ranking up by moving out : the effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on property values
Cortes, Kalena E.; Friedson, Andrew I. - 2010
Texas engaged in a large-scale policy experiment when it instituted the Top 10% Plan. This policy guarantees automatic …
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Impact of bilingual education programs on limited English proficient students and their peers : regression discontinuity evidence from Texas
Chin, Aimee; Daysal, N. Meltem; Imberman, Scott A. - 2012
Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP …
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Modeling area-level health rankings
Courtemanche, Charles; Soneji, Samir; Tchernis, Rusty - 2013
uncertainty. We use county-level data from Texas and Wisconsin to compare our approach to conventional rankings that assign … deterministic factor weights and ignore uncertainty. Greater discrepancies in rankings emerge for Texas than Wisconsin since the … but becomes especially large in Texas after incorporating noise from imputing its considerable missing data. …
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