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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
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035093
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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
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Preferences and biases in educational choices and labour market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender
Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 127 (2017) 604, pp. 2153-2186
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758107
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746895
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009577569
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160750
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787489
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792974
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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