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Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities : Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion
Démurger, Sylvie - 2019
This paper estimates the return to an elite university education over a college graduate's career using the CHIP 2013 data. We find a substantial premium for graduating from an elite Chinese university at job entry, but it declines quickly with labor market experience. This pattern is entirely...
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Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score : Elite College Admission and Wages in China
Jia, Ruixue; Li, Hongbin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
education and its labor market implications in China, a country that produces one in every five college graduates in the world …. College admission in China is governed by a single exam--the national college entrance exam, and the government sets admission …
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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance : Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in China
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2018
country using data from the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in China. The NCEE is one of the most important … institutions in China and affects hundreds of millions of families. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in temperature …
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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 … China has been grown at approximately 30% per year since 1999, and the number of graduates at all levels of higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464797
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Peer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools
Hoekstra, Mark - 2016
-stakes college entrance exam in China. To overcome selection bias, we use a regression discontinuity design that compares applicants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456339
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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...
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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...
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Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community College Enrollment
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Turner, Julia A.; Turner, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
While the direct impacts of minimum wage changes on employment have received considerable attention, these policy changes have the potential to impact skill attainment by changing the opportunity cost of college enrollment. Using institutional data on college enrollment and program completion,...
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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...
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Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility : Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions
Katzkowicz, Noemí; Lavy, Victor; Querejeta, Martina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Poor post-secondary education infrastructure and opportunities partly explain the low higher education rates in developing countries. This paper estimates the effect of a program that improved post-secondary education infrastructure by building many university campuses across Uruguay. Leveraging...
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