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Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion
Bailey, Martha J.; Dynarski, Susan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We describe changes over time in inequality in postsecondary education using nearly seventy years of data from the U.S. Census and the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth. We find growing gaps between children from high- and low-income families in college entry, persistence, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372430
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Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion
Dynarski, Susan; Hyman, Joshua M.; Schanzenbach, Diane … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
. Among students enrolled in the poorest third of schools, the effect is 7.3 percentage points. Smaller classes increase the … likelihood of earning a college degree by 1.6 percentage points and shift students towards high-earning fields such as STEM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325529
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Small Differences that Matter: Mistakes in Applying to College
Pallais, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper estimates the sensitivity of students' college application decisions to a small change in the cost of … rose substantially while the fraction sending three fell by an offsetting amount. Students simultaneously sent their scores …-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that by inducing low-income students to attend more selective colleges, the policy change significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696637
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Wanna Get Away? RD Identification Away from the Cutoff
Angrist, Joshua; Rokkanen, Miikka - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
In the canonical regression discontinuity (RD) design for applicants who face an award or admissions cutoff, causal effects are nonparametrically identified for those near the cutoff. The impact of treatment on inframarginal applicants is also of interest, but identification of such effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652317
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Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness
Deming, David J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Value-added models (VAMs) are increasingly used to measure school effectiveness. Yet random variation in school attendance is necessary to test the validity of VAMs, and to guide the selection of models for measuring causal effects of schools. In this paper, I use random assignment from a public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011119798
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U.S High School Graduation Rates: Patterns and Explanations
Murnane, Richard J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
I survey the evidence on patterns in U.S. high school graduation rates over the period 1970-2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin by pointing out the strengths and limitations of existing data sources. I then describe six striking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095620
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Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Postsecondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile
Reyes, Loreto; Rodríguez, Jorge; Urzúa, Sergio S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We analyze the economic returns to different postsecondary degrees in Chile. We posit a schooling decision model with unobserved ability, observed test scores and labor market outcomes. We benefit from administrative records to carry out our empirical strategy. Our results show positive average...
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Liberty for More: Finance and Educational Opportunities
Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Banking reforms--that reduced interest rates--boosted college enrollment rates among able students from middle class … families. We define "able" students as those with learning aptitude scores in the top two-thirds of the U.S. population. We …
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Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity
Wolfe, Barbara L.; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
One of the continuing areas of controversy surrounding higher education is affirmative action. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, and their ruling may well influence universities' diversity initiatives, especially if they overturn Grutter v. Bollinger and rule that diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951395
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
students with below average reading skills, emphasizing the need to target interventions toward appropriately skilled students. …
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