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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...

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

Bleemer, Zachary; Zafar, Basit - In: Journal of public economics 157 (2018), pp. 184-211

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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

University choice : the role of expected earnings, nonpecuniary outcomes, and financial constraints

Delavande, Adeline; Zafar, Basit - In: Journal of political economy 127 (2019) 5, pp. 2343-2393

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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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Information heterogeneity and intended college enrollment

Bleemer, Zachary; Zafar, Basit - 2014

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/10010404579

How do College Students Form Expectations?

Zafar, Basit - 2009

Because students rely on their subjective expectations when choosing a college major, understanding this process of … expectations formation is crucial for education policy recommendations. This paper focuses on how college students form … that contains their subjective expectations about major-specific outcomes. Although students tend to be overconfident about …

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Estimating students' valuation for college experiences

Aucejo, Esteban; French, Jacob; Zafar, Basit - In: Journal of public economics 224 (2023), pp. 1-29

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College Majors

Patnaik, Arpita - 2020

This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender, race, and family background. We then review the existing research in six key areas: expected earnings and...

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