The return to college selectivity remains large for black, Hispanic, and students from less-educated families¶
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q2 i? For black, Hispanic, and students from less-educated families (in terms of their parents' education), estimates of the return to college selectivity remained large. → Stacy Dale 2011
Evidence¶
Stacy Dale 2011¶
Stacy Dale, Alan B. Krueger. (2011). Estimating the Return to College Selectivity Over the Career Using Administrative Earning Data. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research and Princeton University. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/estimating-the-return-to-college-selectivity-over-the-career-using-administrative-earning-data
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Subgroup analysis within the same administrative-earnings study. The page states that for these groups "the estimates of the return to college selectivity remained large." No effect size or test statistic is printed.
"However, for black, Hispanic, and students from less-educated families (in terms of their parents’ education), the estimates of the return to college selectivity remained large."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
Related Claims¶
- Estimates of the return to college selectivity fall substantially, often to near zero, when earnings are tracked from 1983 through 2007 and for a 1989 entering cohort — related
- The study extends a previous paper that examined the 1995 earnings of a cohort of students who entered college in 1976
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The return to college selectivity remains large for black, Hispanic, and students from less-educated families |
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The return to college selectivity remains large for black, Hispanic, and students from less-educated families |
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2011 |
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