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Peers' composition effects in the short and in the long run : college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283120
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Parents, siblings and schoolmates : the effects of family-school interactions on educational achievement and long-term labor market outcomes
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Cappellari, Lorenzo - 2017
We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772350
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The effects of high school peers' gender on college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2016
, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515310
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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes : experimental evidence from Mexico
Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2021
This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584602
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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336863
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262388
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Human capital investments and expectations about career and family
Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2016
This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536082
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The effects of advanced degrees on the wage rates, hours, earnings and job satisfaction of women and men
Altonji, Joseph G.; Humphries, John Eric; Zhong, Ling - 2022
This paper uses a college-by-graduate degree fixed effects estimator to evaluate the returns to 19 different graduate degrees for men and women. We find substantial variation across degrees, and evidence that OLS over-estimates the returns to degrees with the highest average earnings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805387
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The Effects of High School Peers' Gender on College Major, College Performance and Income
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984501
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment : The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2021
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321252