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Divergent : the time path of legacy and athlete admissions at Harvard
Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - 2019
Applications to elite US colleges have more than doubled over the past 20 years, with little change in the number of available seats. We examine how this increased competition has affected the admissions advantage that legacies and athletes (LA) receive. Using data on Harvard applications over...
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The value of U.S. college education in global labor markets : experimental evidence from China
Chen, Mingyu - 2019
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Putting poor people to work : how the work-first idea eroded college access for the poor
Shaw, Kathleen M.; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Mazzeo, Christopher - 2006
Introduction -- The emergence of the work-first prescription -- Welfare reform and access to postsecondary education: national trends -- The implementation of welfare reform: consistency and change -- The workforce investment act: investment or disinvestment? -- The implementation of WIA: does...
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Wage level and its determinants for AFDC leavers: a case study of the US state of Missouri
Choi, Sunghee - In: International Journal of Public Policy 9 (2013) 4/5/6, pp. 335-355
with previous studies, I find that the wage level of AFDC recipients in Missouri was too low to escape poverty, despite …
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Higher education in China : complement or competition to US universities?
Li, Haizheng - In: American universities in a global market, (pp. 269-304). 2010
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Chinese students' decisions for studying in US colleges : an exploratory investigation
Hegarty, Niall; Fuxman, Leonora; Elifoglu, Ibrahim H.; … - In: Review of business : interdisciplinary journal on risk … 34 (2013/14) 1, pp. 81-90
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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2022
Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet, before the COVID-19 pandemic, student visa applicants already faced an approximately 27 percent refusal rate that varies by time and region. Using data on the universe of SAT takers...
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Exploring the study abroad journey : Chinese and Indian students in U.S. higher education
Sun, Qin; Nguyen, Thuy D.; Ganesh, Gopala K. - In: Journal of international consumer marketing 32 (2020) 3, pp. 210-227
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Unintended consequences: Russian, Chinese and US perceptions of the hiring decision
Peppas, Spero C.; Yu, Tyler T.; Peppas, Stephanie R.; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 6, pp. 609-622
study compares the attitudes of university students in China, Russia and the USA to determine whether culture …
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Comparison of entrepreneurial intention among college students in the USA and China
Lu, Wei; Wang, Wenjun; Millington, J. Kent - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 1 (2010) 4, pp. 327-342
students in the USA and China. Theoretically rooted in Shapero's entrepreneurial event model, this paper reveals a deficiency … of systematic training on entrepreneurship opportunity recognition in China. Moreover, the low percentage of students … working during college is an important factor leading to lower entrepreneurial probability in China. Another important result …
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