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Subject specific league tables and students' application decisions
Chevalier, Arnaud; Jia, Xiaoxuan - 2015
application data across UK universities over a period of 8 years, we investigate how league tables affect prospective students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488250
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Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education
Holmlund, Bertil - 2010
This paper estimates the effects on earnings of lsquo;gap years' between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758316
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Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education
Holmlund, Bertil; Liu, Qian; Nordstrom Skans, Oskar - 2021
This paper estimates the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317445
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Determinants of college major choice : identification using an information experiment
Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2011
, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics, and observe how this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160750
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Preferences and biases in educational choices and labor market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender
Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2013
labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students’ levels of overconfidence, and preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787489
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Preferences and biases in educational choices and labor market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender
Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2013
labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students' levels of overconfidence, and preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792974
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Are college costs worth it? : how individual ability, major choice, and debt affect optimal schooling decisions
Webber, Douglas A. - 2015
This paper examines the financial value over the course of a lifetime of pursuing a college degree under a variety of different settings (e.g. major, student loan debt, individual ability). Using a lifecycle simulation approach, I account for ability/selection bias and the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469020
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Determinants of College Major Choice : Identification Using an Information Experiment
Wiswall, Matthew - 2011
, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics, and observe how this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122806
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Estimating Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to College Education for Academically Marginal Students : Evidence from the College Enrollment Quota Policy in South Korea
Kim, Taehoon - 2020
students in Korea. The Korean government limits the number of admission slots at each college by assigning a binding quota for … each year. An increase in the quota admits more academically marginal students to college. The Instrumental Variables (IV …-year college attendance of marginal students increases their hourly wage by 68.5%. College education also increases fringe bene ts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012853713
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Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes : Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors
Canaan, Serena - 2019
, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college … four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859733