Essays in the economics of education
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation examines questions in the economics of education. I estimate the college enrollment effects of attending a high school that hosts an SAT testing center on campus, the heterogeneous capitalization of school quality across high and low income communities, and the effect of an Advanced Placement curriculum on college outcomes. To answer these questions, I construct several new student and household level data sets and exploit novel sources of variation. The results suggest that some students' college decisions are sensitive to seemingly minor obstacles, that districts in high income communities reap greater financial rewards for performance than low income districts, and that Advanced Placement courses and exams promote modest gains in college graduation rates.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Bulman, George Bright |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Economics. |
| Primary advisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Thesis advisor | Bloom, Nick, 1973- |
| Advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Advisor | Bloom, Nick, 1973- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | George Bright Bulman. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Economics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2013. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2013 by George Bright Bulman
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