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Time-to-Degree and the Business Cycle
Messer, Dolores - 2007
fairly large degree of interindividual variance in terms of time-to-degree. This paper investigates individual time …-to-degree in a model where students determine the optimum time-to-degree whilst weighing up the cost against the consumption … levels, and economic growth have a significant impact on individual time-to-degree. These results are consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776918
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Evaluating post-secondary aid : enrollment, persistence, and projected completion effects
Angrist, Joshua D.; Autor, David H.; Hudson, Sally; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610680
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Three essays on the economics of education
Herrmann, Mariesa A. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818551
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Evaluating Post-Secondary Aid : Enrollment, Persistence, and Projected Completion Effects
Angrist, Joshua - 2016
winners from the first study cohort were slightly less likely to graduate on time than control applicants, suggesting that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455665
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Evaluating Post-Secondary Aid : Enrollment, Persistence, and Projected Completion Effects
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
winners from the first study cohort were slightly less likely to graduate on time than control applicants, suggesting that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965441
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The heterogeneous impacts of business cycles on educational attainment
Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest - 2016
In this study I examine the impact of fluctuations in the unemployment rate before high school graduation on educational attainment measured 30 years later. I find evidence that educational attainment is countercyclical, as found in other studies, but also find that the impact of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528135
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The effects of graduating from high school in a recession : college investments, skill formation, and labor-market outcomes
Hampf, Franziska; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2020
We investigate the short- and long-term effects of economic conditions at high-school graduation as a source of exogenous variation in the labor-market opportunities of potential college entrants. Exploiting business cycle fluctuations across birth cohorts for 28 developed countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211048
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Does Tracking Shape Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment? Evidence from Switzerland
Falter, Jean-Marc; Chávez-Juárez, Florian - 2011
The Swiss schooling system is characterized by early tracking of students into different types of education. In this context, one may think that the impact of parental background may primarily affect transitions at a relatively young age. In this study, we investigate the impact of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014176966
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Time-to-degree and the business cycle
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2007
fairly large degree of interindividual variance in terms of time-to-degree. This paper investigates individual time …-to-degree in a model where students determine the optimum time-to-degree whilst weighing up the cost against the consumption … levels, and economic growth have a significant impact on individual time-to-degree. These results are consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268448
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility : postponing school tracking can increase social mobility without significant adverse effects on educational achievement
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2014
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417325