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Field of study, earnings, and self-selection

Kirkebøen, Lars J.; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne - 2014 - This version: December 2014

correcting for selection bias and keeping the next-best alternatives as measured at the time of application fixed. We find that …

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The Effect of Discretion on Procurement Performance

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2015

We run a regression discontinuity design analysis to document the causal effect of increasing buyers' discretion on procurement outcomes in a large database for public works in Italy. Works with a value above a given threshold have to be awarded through an open auction. Works below this...

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Are University Admissions Academically Fair?

Bhattacharya, Debopam; Kanaya, Shin; Stevens, Margaret - 2016

High-profile universities often face public criticism for undermining academic merit and promoting social elitism or engineering through their admissions-process. Popular statistical tests for detecting such biases, based on the significance of socioeconomic characteristics on admission...

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Field of study, earnings, and self-selection

Kirkebøen, Lars; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne - 2014

correcting for selection bias and keeping the next-best alternatives as measured at the time of application fixed. We find that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335593

Turning values concrete : the role and ways of business selection in local currency schemes

Blanc, Jérôme; Fare, Marie - In: Review of social economy : publication of the … 74 (2016) 3, pp. 298-319

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University entrance selection and age at admission

Wikström, Christina; Wikström, Magnus - 2012

This paper focuses on the predictive validity of the upper secondary grade point average (GPA), when used as selection …

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Repeated selection with heterogenous individuals and relative age effects

Dawid, Herbert; Muehlheusser, Gerd - 2012

of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … determinant for performance differentials within cohorts. We find that the optimal policy is pro-competitive at later selection … occur at early stages, where selection is either counter-competitive (i.e. individuals with low skill signals are selected …

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