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Assessing the Costs of Balancing College and Work Activities : The Gig Economy Meets Online Education

Aucejo, Esteban; Perry, A. Spencer; Zafar, Basit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Balancing the demands of work and schooling is a challenging task for an increasing number of students who have to pay … working and educational formats is high among the students in our sample, who view online education as an important vehicle … formats could constitute a suitable path for many (lowSES) students who work to afford an increasingly expensive college …

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Economic Shocks and Skill Acquisition : Evidence from a National Online Learning Platform at the Onset of COVID-19

Ganguli, Ina; Haidar, Jamal; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz; Stemper, Sam - 2022

We study how large shocks impact individuals’ skilling decisions using data from the largest online learning platform in Saudi Arabia. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a massive increase in online skilling, and demand shifted towards courses that offered skills, such as...

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Economic Shocks and Skill Acquisition : Evidence from a National Online Learning Platform at the Onset of COVID-19

Ganguli, Ina; Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study how large shocks impact individuals' skilling decisions using data from the largest online learning platform in Saudi Arabia. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a massive increase in online skilling, and demand shifted towards courses that offered skills, such as telework,...

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Human capital investments and expectations about career and family

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2016

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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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