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Excellence for all? : university honors programs and human capital formation
Pugatch, Todd; Thompson, Paul N. - 2022 - Last updated: June 7, 2022
Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate edu- cation within otherwise nonselective institutions? We evaluate the impact of admission to the Honors College at Oregon State University, a large nonselective public university. Admission to the Honors...
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A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate economics
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2021
We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics …. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message … increased the proportion of first generation and underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in Economics by five …
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The impact of Brexit on international students' return intentions
Falkingham, Jane; Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; … - 2019
This paper is the first attempt to study the causal impact of "Brexit", namely the UK's departure from the European Union (EU), on the post-graduation mobility decisions of EU students in the UK. We exploit the British government's formal withdrawal notification under Article 50 as a natural...
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The wage effects of polytechnic degrees : evidence from the 1999 China higher education expansion
Dai, Li; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024
While the wage effects of vocational versus academic secondary education are well documented, there is little evidence on how polytechnics degrees pay off compared to university degrees. In this paper, we estimate the polytechnic degree wage effect in China, drawing on an unprecedented higher...
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Study more tomorrow
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth; Wilson, Nicholas - 2022
We design a commitment contract for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," and conduct a randomized control trial testing a model of its demand. The contract commits students to attend peer tutoring if their midterm grade falls below a prespecified threshold. The contract carries a financial...
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Promoting female interest in economics : limits to nudges
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2020
Why is the proportion of women who study Economics so low? This study assesses whether students respond to messages … about majoring in Economics, and whether this response varies by student gender. We conducted an experiment among more than … 2,000 students enrolled in Economics Principles courses, with interventions proceeding in two phases. In the first phase …
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Nudging study habits : a field experiment on peer tutoring in higher education
Wilson, Nicholas; Pugatch, Todd - 2017
More than two of every five students who enrolled in college in 2007 failed to graduate by 2013. Peer tutoring services offer one approach toward improving learning outcomes in higher education. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment designed to increase take-up of university tutoring...
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Women in engineering : the role of role models
Agurto Adrianzén, Marcos; Bazan, M.; Hari, S.; … - 2021
Gender disparities in STEM fields participation are a major cause of concern for policymakers around the world. In addition to talent misallocation, low female enrollment rates in STEM careers contribute to gender-based inequalities in earnings and wealth, given the higher average level of...
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Returns to higher education subjects and tiers in China : evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei; Zhu, Yu - 2018
graduates of both genders in Law, Economics and Management (LEM). We also show that the recent massive expansion of the higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130649
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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty...
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