Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution

By C. Reynolds. 2012

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education, Statistics and Probability

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Affirmative Action and the Quality-Fit Tradeoff (2016, unknown): “…account for the nonrandom selection of students across school sectors and the non-overlap in observable characteristics between two-and four-year students, Long and Kurlaender (2009), Reynolds (2012), and Doyle (2009) all report large negative effects of two-year attendance on eventual BA receipt.”
Does Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment (2017, background): “One possible explanation for this increased graduation rate is that the additional spending appears to have shifted students from 2-year to 4-year institutions (see Appendix Table 5), and students have a greater chance of eventually earning a degree if they initially enroll at a 4-year institution (”
Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data in Texas. NBER Working Paper No. 18068. (2012, unknown): “remain, with the returns for UT-Austin students increasing across the income distribution and the returns for Texas A&M students declining.(35) For community college attendees, there is more of a divergence from the baseline estimates.”
The Medium-Term Labor Market Returns to Community College Awards: Evidence From North Carolina (2014, background): “12 Although the returns per credit appear lower for post-NCCCS credits than for NCCCS credits, we are reluctant to infer declining returns to higher education quality or credits (for a discussion, see Hilmer, 2000; Reynolds, 2012).”
The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree (2015, background): “…community colleges had a 21.6 percentage point lower BA completion rate after 9 years, compared with counterparts who started at a 4-year college, and Reynolds (2012) estimated a 24.5 percentage point BA disadvantage for men and 31.5 points for women associated with starting at a community college.”
Aid for all: College coaching, financial aid, and post-secondary persistence in Tennessee (2016, background): “Though we have not unbundled the relative impact of Knox Achieves components – aid, mentoring, and 34 Reynolds (2012) also notes that in light of imperfect credit markets and debt aversion, some students will find the lower near-term cost of community college adequate compensation for lower…”