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opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university level. The reform that we consider obligated all minority students … that the reform resulted in a decline in the number of subjects taken by minority students at the school exit test. There … was also a notable shift in the take-up of particular subjects, with fewer exams taken by minority students in more …
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Florida students to identify the returns to four-year college for students on the academic margin of college admission. In … of the importance of credit constraints within this population. I find that students who obtain high school grades just … a four-year college and much less likely to attend a community college than students with grades just below the …
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We use the method of Dominitz and Manski (1996) to solicit anticipated wage distributions for continuing to a Master degree or going to work after completing the Bachelor degree. The means of the distributions have an effect on intention to continue as predicted by theory. The dispersions in...
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We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. We find that parental expectations and peer...
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College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance …
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I examine the effects of cognitive ability and personality traits on college graduation in a recent cohort of young Americans, and how the returns to these traits vary by family background, and find very substantial differences across family background groups in the personality traits that...
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set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best – depending on the data employed – a marginal improvement for students in … academic schools. We instead find sharp negative effects of the reform in technical and vocational schools, where the students …
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There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students on achievement of other students, potential peer effects of … selectivity across time and schools. On average we find no evidence of negative peer effects of LE students on females and white …
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In Germany, the streaming of students into an academic or nonacademic track at age 10 can be revised at later stages of …
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Students from low-income families are eligible to student aid under the federal students' financial assistance scheme … received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a quot …
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