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Zafar, Basit (contributor) - 2009

expectations and preferences, I use a unique data set of Northwestern University sophomores that contains the students’ subjective …

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Double majors : one for me, one for the parents?

Zafar, Basit - 2010

At least a quarter of college students in the United States graduate with more than one undergraduate major. This paper … investigates how students decide on the composition of their paired majors - in other words, whether the majors chosen are … substitutes or complements. Since students use both their preferences and their expectations about major-specific outcomes when …

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Double majors : one for me, one for the parents?

Zafar, Basit - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 50 (2012) 2, pp. 287-308

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Determinants of college major choice : identification using an information experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2011

, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics, and observe how this …

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How do college students respond to public information about earnings?

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - In: Journal of human capital : JHC 9 (2015) 2, pp. 117-169

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Intended college attendance : evidence from an experiment on college returns and cost

Bleemer, Zachary; Zafar, Basit - 2015

Despite a robust college premium, college attendance rates in the US have remained stagnant and exhibit a substantial socioeconomic gradient. We focus on information gaps - specifically, incomplete information about college benefits and costs - as a potential explanation for these patterns. For...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376217

Intended college attendance : evidence from an experiment on college returns and costs

Bleemer, Zachary; Zafar, Basit - 2015

Despite a robust college premium, college attendance rates in the United States have remained stagnant and exhibit a substantial socioeconomic gradient. We focus on information gaps - specifically, incomplete information about college benefits and costs - as a potential explanation for these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338830

Determinants of college major choice : identification using an information experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - In: The review of economic studies 82 (2015) 2, pp. 791-824

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346132

Gender discrimination and social identity : experimental evidence from urban Pakistan

Delavande, Adeline; Zafar, Basit - 2013

experimental approach to identify gender discrimination by randomly matching 2,836 male and female students pursuing bachelor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009692616

Preferences and biases in educational choices and labor market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender

Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2013

labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students’ levels of overconfidence, and preferences for …

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