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Gender differences in STEM persistence after graduation
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022
happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
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Education and credit: a Matthew effect
Delēs, Manthos D.; Deli, Yota D.; Peydró, José-Luis; … - 2022
Using a unique corporate loans dataset for entrepreneurs with small and microenterprises, this paper examines how educational attainment affects bank credit decisions and subsequent individual and firm outcomes. Our results highlight a "Matthew Effect," where an initial advantage is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191364
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Keep me in, coach : the shortand long-term effects of targeted academic coaching
Canaan, Serena; Fischer, Stefanie; Mouganie, Pierre; … - 2023
To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring. Proactive and intensive coaching interventions are effective, but are costly and difficult to scale. We evaluate a relatively lower-cost group coaching program targeted at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014380831
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Do girls really outperform boys in educational outcomes?
Saygın, Perihan Özge - 2014
, this pa- per aims to analyze the gender gap in educational outcomes from different methods of evaluation and the gender gap … in college applications. The results contribute to the discussion of the gender gap in performance in education … suggesting that evaluation systems might have gender biased impacts on students and the under- representation of females in top …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490388
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Caught in the cycle : economic conditions at enrollment and labor market outcomes of college graduates
Bičáková, Alena; Cortes, Guido Matias; Mazza, Jacopo - 2020
We find robust evidence that cohorts of graduates who enter college during worse economic times earn higher average wages than those who enter during better times. This difference is not explained by differences in economic conditions at the time of college graduation, changes in field of study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012197284
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Parental time investment and intergenerational mobility
Yum, Minchul - 2016
This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational income persistence in the U.S. I develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where lifetime income endogenously persists across generations through multiple channels. My model...
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The labor market effects of eliminating university tuition in Ecuador
Molina, Teresa; Rivadeneyra, Ivan - 2019
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Salary and reservation wage gender gaps in Polish academia
Kaszubowski, Mariusz; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2014
By using unique web-survey data, this paper assesses the gender wage gap in Polish academia. We conduct a detailed … study of the gender gap considering monthly salaries and reservation wages. The study involves regression analysis, Oaxaca …
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The impact of comprehensive student support on crime
Lavecchia, Adam; Oreopoulos, Philip; Spencer, Noah - 2024
This study finds substantial reductions to criminal activity from the introduction of a comprehensive high school support program for disadvantaged youth living in the largest public housing project in Toronto. The program, called Pathways to Education, bundles supports such as regular coaching,...
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Parental education and sons' earnings : a "Beyond the mean" approach along the sons' earnings distributions
Zotti, Roberto - 2020 - Preliminary version
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