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Intended College Attendance : Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Costs

Bleemer, Zachary - 2015

Despite a robust college premium, college attendance rates in the United States have remained stagnant and exhibit a substantial socioeconomic gradient. We focus on information gaps — specifically, incomplete information about college benefits and costs — as a potential explanation for these...

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Stand and Deliver : Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2013

scores rightward, moving students into higher quartiles of the state SAT score distribution. Boston's charter high schools …

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The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Completion

Bartik, Timothy - 2017

We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using difference-in-differences, comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise's initiation. According to our...

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Intended College Attendance : Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Cost

Bleemer, Zachary - 2015

Despite a robust college premium, college attendance rates in the US have remained stagnant and exhibit a substantial socioeconomic gradient. We focus on information gaps – specifically, incomplete information about college benefits and costs – as a potential explanation for these patterns....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012819

Information Heterogeneity and Intended College Enrollment

Bleemer, Zachary - 2014

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The College Premium, College Noncompletion, and Human Capital Investment

Athreya, Kartik - 2015

While there has been a substantial increase in the return to college (the college premium), college attainment has stagnated. We show that these facts can be reconciled by allowing for uncertainty in college payoffs, in particular around college completion and earnings, with borrowing. With...

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Return to Algebra II : The Effect of Mandatory Math Coursework on Postsecondary Attainment

Kim, Soobin - 2019

positive impacts on the probability of enrollment in both 2-year and 4-year colleges for minority and disadvantaged students … majoring in a STEM field among students from advantaged backgrounds …

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Hispanic Peer Effects on Educational Outcomes at Texas Universities

Kim, Sie Won - 2022

I examine the effects of peer ethnic composition on college students' educational outcomes. I use a sample of freshmen … the college completion rates of Hispanic students. The results also suggest that the total peer effects on college … graduation rates are positive for non-STEM, academically less-prepared, and male Hispanic students. This paper presents an …

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Matching between Students and Universities : What are the Sources of Inequalities of Access to Higher Education?

Prakhov, Ilya - 2017

students and higher education institutions (HEIs). Matching theory predicts the existence of perfect matching between the two …

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Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching

Feld, Jan - 2019

paper, we further explore the effectiveness of the lowest-ranked instructors: students. We confirm that students are almost … instructors. We conclude that hiring moderately more student instructors would not harm students, but exclusively using them will …

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