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The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students
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I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to estimate the returns to college admission for academically marginal students. Students with grades just above a threshold for admissions eligibility at a large public university in Florida are much more likely to attend any university than below-threshold students. The marginal admission yields earnings gains of 22% between 8 and 14 years after high school completion. These gains outstrip the costs of college attendance, and they are largest for male students and free-lunch recipients.
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- Authors
- Zimmerman, S. D.
- Venue
- Journal of Labor Economics
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 711-754
- ISSN
- 0734-306X (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5307
- OpenAlex
- W2037039536
- Cited by
- 357
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 64.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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