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Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores
Clark, Melissa - 2008
-representativeness of test-takers is an important concern. We examine selectivity bias in both state-level and school-level SAT and ACT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464384
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The Effect of College Curriculum on Earnings : Accounting for Non-Ignorable Non-Response Bias
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2004
handle the potential for non-response bias and identify non-response using an affinity measure -- the potential respondent …-response. In the model describing earnings, estimated using the identified (for non-response bias) selectivity adjustments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467880
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Bias in U.S. Import Prices and Demand
Feenstra, Robert C. - 1994
The purpose of the paper is to measure the potential bias in the U.S. import price index due to the appearance of new … product varieties, or new foreign suppliers, and determine the effect of this bias on the estimated income elasticity of … share of import expenditure on the sampled products is falling over time, this will lead to an upward bias in the measured …
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Making the (Letter) Grade : The Incentive Effects of Mandatory Pass/Fail Courses
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In Fall 2014, Wellesley College began mandating pass/fail grading for courses taken by first-year, first-semester students, although instructors continued to record letter grades. We identify the causal effect of the policy on course choice and performance, using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477291
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The Dynamics of Networks and Homophily
Jackson, Matthew O.; Nei, Stephen M.; Snowberg, Erik; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We examine friendships and study partnerships among university students over several years. At the aggregate level, connections increase over time, but homophily on gender and ethnicity is relatively constant across time, university residences, and different network layers. At the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477307
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Skills, Majors, and Jobs : Does Higher Education Respond?
Conzelmann, Johnathan G.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Hershbein, Brad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
How do college students and postsecondary institutions react to changes in skill demand in the U.S. labor market? We quantify the magnitude and nature of response in the 4-year sector using a new measure of labor demand at the institution-major level that combines online job ads with geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337805
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No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes
Amornsiripanitch, Natee; Gompers, Paul A.; Hu, George; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post-graduate education and career choices as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421178
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The Impact of US News and World Report College Rankings on Admission Outcomes and Pricing Decisions at Selective Private Institutions
Monks, James - 1999
Despite the widespread popularity of the U.S. News & World Report College rankings there has been no empirical analysis of the impact of these rankings on applications, admissions, and enrollment decisions, as well as on institutions' pricing policies. Our analyses indicate that a less favorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471562
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The Shaping of Higher Education : The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1998
The American university was shaped in a formative period from 1890 to 1940 long before the rise of federal funding, the G.I. Bill, and mass higher education. Both the scale and scope of institutions of higher education were greatly increased, the research university blossomed, states vastly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472270
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How the Changing Market Structure of U.S. Higher Education Explains College Tuition
Hoxby, Caroline M. - 1997
This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence demonstrating the ways in which" the changing market structure of American higher education from 1940 to the present affected" college prices and college quality. Over this period, the market for baccalaureate education" became significantly...
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