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The Effects of High School Peers' Gender on College Major, College Performance and Income
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market, 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984501
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Student aid, academic achievement and labor market behavior
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Mattana, Elena - 2017
How does the financial aid allocation mechanism affect student behavior? We provide a framework for quantifying the impact of financial aid on student debt, academic capital, and labor market outcomes. We specify and estimate a dynamic discrete choice model of simultaneous education, work, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796430
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing body of literature that uses subjective expectation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283119
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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
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283120
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The effects of high school peers' gender on college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2016
Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market, 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515310
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Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?
Schweri, Juerg - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing body of literature that uses subjective expectation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016374
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Value of a Law Degree by College Major
McIntyre, Frank - 2017
We estimate the increase in earnings from a law degree relative to a bachelor's degree for graduates who majored in … holders compared to 23 percent of terminal bachelor's. Law degree earnings premiums are highest for humanities and social … sciences majors and lowest for STEM majors. On the other hand, among those with law degrees, overall earnings are highest for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969856
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Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run : College Major, College Performance and Income
Anelli, Massimo - 2015
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016375
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Student earnings expectations : heterogeneity or noise?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Hartog, Joop; Nilsson, William; … - 2016 - First draft 12-05-14; revised 26-01-15; this draft 19-09-2016
on ex post outcomes impose a rational structure of expectations on school performance and post-graduation earnings … countries and check for relations of expected probability to graduate and of expected earnings with personal abilities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544177
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Do college admissions criteria matter? : evidence from discretionary vs. grade-based admission policies
Kamis, Rais; Pan, Jessica; Seah, Kelvin - 2022
in university and their labor market outcomes. We exploit a unique feature of the admissions system at a large university … performance in university as marginal students admitted through the regular route. However, they are significantly more likely to … be involved in optional academic and non-academic college activities and earn substantially higher labor market earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463331