Current Population Survey graduate enrollment data with statewide unemployment measures¶

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Description¶

The study's data infrastructure consists of graduate school enrollment records from the Current Population Survey combined with statewide unemployment rates measured across time. The author states he uses "data on graduate school enrollment from the Current Population Survey and statewide variation in unemployment rates across time to proxy for changes in business cycle conditions," enabling estimation of how labor market conditions relate to enrollment decisions by gender and enrollment intensity.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires graduate enrollment measures from the Current Population Survey and time-varying statewide unemployment rates

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• prospective graduate school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding how economic conditions shape graduate school attendance decisions

Claims¶

• Poor labor market conditions lead to substitution from full-time to part-time graduate enrollment for both genders [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• 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