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The Effect of Measured School Inputs on Academic Achievement : Evidence from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Birth Cohorts

Loeb, Susanna; Bound, John - 2021

The study presented here uses data from the NORC General Social Surveys to explore the effects of measurable school characteristics on student achievement. What separates this study from many others is the use of aggregate data on older cohorts, usually associated with research on the influence...

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On the Validity of Season of Birth as an Instrument in Wage Equations : A Comment on Angrist & Krueger'S "Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Scho

Bound, John; Jaeger, David A. - 2021

In an important and provocative paper, `Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Schooling and Earnings?', Angrist and Krueger use quarter of birth as an instrument for educational attainment in wage equations. To support a causal interpretation of their estimates, they argue that compulsory...

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Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide : The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War Ii on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans

Turner, Sarah E.; Bound, John - 2021

The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence...

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Double Trouble : On the Value of Twins-Based Estimation of the Return to Schooling

Bound, John; Solon, Gary - 2021

Several recent studies use the schooling and wage variation between monozygotic twins to estimate the return to schooling. In this paper, we summarize the results from this literature, and we examine the implications of endogenous determination of which twin goes to school longer and of...

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Going to War and Going to College : Did World War Ii and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans?

Bound, John; Turner, Sarah E. - 2021

widespread rhetoric about the democratization' of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little …

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Finishing Degrees and Finding Jobs : U.S. Higher Education and the Flow of Foreign it Workers

Bound, John - 2014

The rising importance of Information Technology (IT) occupations in the U.S. economy has been accompanied by an expansion in the representation of high-skill foreign-born IT workers. To illustrate, the share of foreign born in IT occupations increased from about 15.5% to about 31.5% between 1993...

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A Passage to America : University Funding and International Students

Bound, John - 2017

The pool of students in the global economy prepared for higher education and able to pay tuition at U.S. colleges and … students from China. Given the concentration of high quality colleges and universities in the U.S., there has been a … substantial increase in the demand for enrollment among students from abroad. At the same time, substantial declines in state …

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The Globalization of Postsecondary Education : The Role of International Students in the Us Higher Education System

Bound, John; Braga, Breno; Turner, Sarah E.; Khanna, Gaurav - 2022

In the four decades since 1980, US colleges and universities have seen the number of students from abroad quadruple …, the resources of colleges and universities, and labor markets in the United States and countries sending students …

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Why Have College Completion Rates Declined? An Analysis of Changing Student Preparation and Collegiate Resources

Bound, John - 2010

this decline is most pronounced amongst men beginning college at less-selective public 4-year schools and amongst students … preparedness of entering students and the component due to collegiate characteristics, including type of institution and resources …

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Cohort Crowding : How Resources Affect Collegiate Attainment

Bound, John - 2006

Analyses of college attainment typically focus on factors affecting enrollment demand, including the financial attractiveness of a college education and the availability of financial aid, while implicitly assuming that resources available per student on the supply side of the market are...

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