Graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2018: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Overall graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males. → Matthew T. Johnson 2013
Evidence¶
Matthew T. Johnson 2013¶
Matthew T. Johnson. (2013). The Impact of Business Cycle Fluctuations on Graduate School Enrollment. Economics of Education Review, vol. 34. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-impact-of-business-cycle-fluctuations-on-graduate-school-enrollment
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Observational analysis of Current Population Survey graduate enrollment data linked to statewide unemployment-rate variation over time. The author reports that "overall graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males." No effect size is printed.
"I find that overall graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Poor labor market conditions lead to substitution from full-time to part-time graduate enrollment for both genders — related
- Business cycle fluctuations have non-linear impacts on female graduate school enrollment — related
- Statewide unemployment-rate variation can proxy business cycle conditions in studies of graduate enrollment decisions — related
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Graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males |
description |
Graduate school enrollment is countercyclical for females and acyclical for males |
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review |
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moderate |
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2013 |
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2018 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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1 — matthew-t-johnson-2013 |
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