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What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students' freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

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Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

Daugherty, Lindsay; Martorell, Paco; McFarlin, Isaac - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

automatic admissions on college choice and persistence for students in a diverse urban school district. Regression discontinuity … estimates show that eligibility for guaranteed admissions has a substantial impact on enrollments at Texas flagship universities …), suggesting that automatic admissions may have little effect on students in the most disadvantaged schools. …

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Gary Becker's early work on human capital: Collaborations and distinctiveness

Teixeira, Pedro - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

In a prolific and illustrious career, the late Gary Becker (1930 - 2014) developed what he would later call "the economic approach to human behaviour". One of the most significant strands of that research was that which focused on human capital, occuping a significant part of his career,...

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Failing to notice? Uneven teachers' attention to boys and girls in the classroom

Bassi, Marina; Díaz, Mercedes Mateo; Blumberg, Rae Lesser - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 9, pp. 1-22

This paper analyzes whether teachers' attention to boys and girls differs in low-performing schools in Chile, where large gender gaps in test scores are also observed. We coded 237 videotaped classes of fourth graders, identifying specific behaviors of teachers toward boys and girls. The results...

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Assortative preferences in choice of major

Aydede, Yigit - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 6, pp. 1-25

The primary objective of this study is to examine the contribution of available information constrained by parents' fields of study to the observed assortative preferences in their children's choice of major. Comparable to panel models, we define within-family transmission functions with 1-to-2...

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What happens after enrollment? : an analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students’ freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683175

Gary Becker’s early work on human capital : collaborations and distinctiveness

Teixeira, Pedro - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463563

Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

Daugherty, Lindsay; Martorell, Paco; McFarlin, Isaac - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463640

Assortative preferences in choice of major

Aydede, Yigit - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/6, pp. 1-25

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292613

Failing to notice? : uneven teachers’ attention to boys and girls in the classroom

Bassi, Marina; Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Blumberg, Rae Lesser - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 9, pp. 1-22

This paper analyzes whether teachers’ attention to boys and girls differs in low-performing schools in Chile, where large gender gaps in test scores are also observed. We coded 237 videotaped classes of fourth graders, identifying specific behaviors of teachers toward boys and girls. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951623