Waitlist-cutoff regression discontinuity design using administrative course registration data¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The study introduces a novel research design that exploits discontinuities in course admissions created by waitlists, applied to administrative course registration data at a community college. It is described as providing "the first causal evidence on this mechanism at a community college" regarding course availability as a channel through which funding levels impact students. The design compares students just below versus just above waitlist cutoffs across a range of bandwidths.
Accounts¶
- Waitlist-cutoff research design using administrative course registration data: The study introduces a novel research design that exploits discontinuities in course admissions created by waitlists, applied to administrative course registration data at a community college. It is described as providing "the first causal evidence on this mechanism at a community college" regarding course availability as a channel through which funding levels impact students. The design compares students just below versus just above waitlist cutoffs across a range of bandwidths. (Silvia Robles et al. (2021))
Claims¶
- Course availability can disrupt community college students' educational trajectories [+W]
- Course shutouts increased transfer rates to nearby, potentially less-desirable two-year colleges [+W]
- Community college students shut out of a course section via waitlist cutoffs were 22–28 percent more likely to take zero courses that term [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Silvia Robles, Max Gross, Robert W. Fairlie. (2021). The Effect of Course Shutouts on Community College Students: Evidence from Waitlist Cutoffs. Journal of Public Economics, vol. 199. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-effect-of-course-shutouts-on-community-college-students-evidence-from-waitlist-cutoffs
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Waitlist-cutoff regression discontinuity design using administrative course registration data |
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The study introduces a novel research design that exploits discontinuities in course admissions created by waitlists, applied to administrative course registration data at a community college. |
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