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Differences In The College Enrollment Decision Across Race, Robert Baumann
Differences In The College Enrollment Decision Across Race, Robert Baumann
Economics Department Working Papers
The gap in college enrollment rates between whites and blacks has remained stable since 1990, despite large increases in tuition and higher average wages for whites. We find the determinants of the enrollment decision differ greatly between whites and blacks, and within race between black males and females, but not between white males and females. These systematic differences require separate enrollment estimations for each race and for blacks each gender. Specifically, responses to changes in family income, parents’ education, and school quality are vastly different across race-gender groups.
"Free" Religion And "Captive" Schools: Protestants, Catholics, And Education, 1945-1965, Sarah Barringer Gordon
"Free" Religion And "Captive" Schools: Protestants, Catholics, And Education, 1945-1965, Sarah Barringer Gordon
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Voices Of The Poor: Poverty And Growth In Albania, Magda Tsaneva
Voices Of The Poor: Poverty And Growth In Albania, Magda Tsaneva
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
This paper uses three waves of panel surveys at the household level to study growth and poverty in Albania over the period 2002-2004. It attempts to answer two main questions. The first question is directed at finding the micro determinants of growth and aims to expose the obstacles households face to improve their economic situation. The main focus of the analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second question asks whether growth in Albania during the period 2002-2004 has been pro-poor. I find that there is some evidence for a convergence …
2007-2 The Causal Effect Of Studying On Academic Performance, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner
2007-2 The Causal Effect Of Studying On Academic Performance, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner
Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers
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2007-1 The Effect Of Credit Constraints On The College Drop-Out Decision: A Direct Approach Using A New Panel Study, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner
2007-1 The Effect Of Credit Constraints On The College Drop-Out Decision: A Direct Approach Using A New Panel Study, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner
Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers
No abstract provided.