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Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams
Calder-Wang, Sophie; Gompers, Paul A.; Huang, Kanyuan … - 2022
We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA students who participated in a required course to propose and start a real micro-business that allows us to examine horizontal diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical...
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University Invention, Entrepreneurship, and Start-Ups
Chukumba, Celestine O.; Jensen, Richard A. - 2021
This paper develops a game-theoretic model that predicts when a university invention is commercialized in a start …-up firm rather than an established firm. The model predicts that university inventions are more likely to occur in start … Association of University Technology Managers, the National Research Council, and the National Venture Capital Association …
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The Higher Educational Transformation of China and its Global Implications
Li, Yao Amber - 2008
This paper documents the major transformation of higher education that has been underway in China since 1999 and evaluates its potential global impacts. Reflecting China's commitment to continued high growth through quality upgrading and the production of ideas and intellectual property as set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772384
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Beyond the Classroom : Using Title Ix to Measure the Return to High School Sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2011
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates--to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates--in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133920
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The Impact of College Education on Geographic Mobility : Identifying Education Using Multiple Components of Vietnam Draft Risk
Malamud, Ofer - 2010
We examine whether higher education is a causal determinant of geographic mobility using variation in college attainment induced by draft-avoidance behavior during the Vietnam War. We use national and state-level induction risk to identify both educational attainment and veteran status among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137017
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Friends in High Places
Cohen, Lauren - 2010
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U.S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as common seat locations on the chamber floor, are consistent predictors of voting behavior. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137309
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Implications of Middle School Behavior Problems for High School Graduation and Employment Outcomes of Young Adults : Estimation of a Recursive Model
Karakus, Mustafa C. - 2010
The potentially serious adverse impacts of behavior problems during adolescence on employment outcomes in adulthood provide a key economic rationale for early intervention programs. However, the extent to which lower educational attainment accounts for the total impact of adolescent behavior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137733
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The Effects of College Counseling on High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
Avery, Christopher - 2010
This paper reports the results of a pilot study, using a randomized controlled trial to provide college counseling to high-achieving students from relatively poor families. We followed 107 high school seniors through the college admissions process in 2006-2007; we selected 52 of these students at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138311
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The Unexpected Long-Run Impact of the Minimum Wage : An Educational Cascade
Sutch, Richard C. - 2010
Neglected, but significant, the long-run consequence of the minimum wage - which was made national policy in the United States in 1938 - is its stimulation of capital deepening. This took two forms. First, the engineered shortage of low-skill, low-paying jobs induced teenagers to invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138315
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School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
Deming, David - 2012
We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114010