Heterogeneous paths through college: Detailed patterns and relationships with graduation and earnings |
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Institution: | 1. The University of Texas at Dallas, United States;2. NBER, United States;3. Cornell University, United States;4. University of Tulsa, United States;1. University of Bern, Department of Economics, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland;2. University of Lucerne, Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, Frohburgstrasse 3, PO Box 4466, CH-6002 Lucerne, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | A considerable fraction of college students and bachelor's degree recipients enroll in multiple postsecondary institutions. Despite this fact, there is scant research that examines the nature of the paths – both the number and types of institutions – that students take to obtain a bachelor's degree or through the higher education system more generally. We also know little about how enrollment in multiple institutions of varying quality relates to postgraduate life outcomes. We use a unique panel data set from Texas that allows us to examine in detail the paths that students take toward a bachelor's degree and estimate how enrollment in multiple institutions is related to both degree completion and subsequent earnings. We show that the paths to a bachelor's degree are diverse and that earnings and BA receipt vary systematically with these paths. Our results call attention to the importance of developing a more complete understanding of why students transfer and what causal role transferring has on the returns to postsecondary educational investment. |
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Keywords: | College transferring Returns to college quality Postsecondary education |
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