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Assortative preferences in choice of major
Aydede, Yigit - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/6, pp. 1-25
The primary objective of this study is to examine the contribution of available information constrained by parents' fields of study to the observed assortative preferences in their children's choice of major. Comparable to panel models, we define within-family transmission functions with 1-to-2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292613
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Dynamic skill accumulation, comparative advantages, compulsory schooling, and earnings
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2011
the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282223
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College major choice and the gender gap
Zafar, Basit (contributor) - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003812568
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746895
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Dynamic skill accumulation, comparative advantages, compulsory schooling, and earnings
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2011
the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. -- compulsory schooling reforms ; dynamic skill accumulation … ; comparative advantages ; returns to schooling ; education and growth ; dynamic discrete choice ; dynamic programming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522490
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135439
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Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings
Belzil, Christian - 2011
the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117619
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The Effect of High School Rank in English and Math on College Major Choice
Delaney, Judith - 2020
Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate whether, conditional on absolute achievement, within school-cohort rank in English and math affects choice of college major. We find that higher rank in math increases the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844825
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Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Education Policies and the Return to Schooling
Belzil, Christian - 2017
-cycle wage growth of U.S. white males into four main sources: education, hours worked, cognitive skills (AFQT scores) and … individual differences in hours worked and education explain the remaining part almost equally. We show how our model is a … education. Finally, because policy changes induce simultaneous movements in observed choices and average per-year effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960276
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College Major Choice and the Gender Gap
Zafar, Basit - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718978