– The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both genders.
-The reform increased students’ willingness to enroll at university for males and females alike. The reform effect of university enrollment can be assessed as meaningful with 1.3 and 1.2 percentage points for females and males, respectively.
– With regard to choosing STEM as college major, the authors find a
robust positive effect of the high school curriculum reform on males.
– While the results for males indicate that the reform made them more like to choose a STEM major on a statistically significant level, this is not true for females.
– A likely mechanism for the gender difference in major choices is the underlying preferences of men and women.
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ClearThe effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major
State Affirmative Action Bans and STEM Degree Completions
Investigates the effect of affirmative action bans on aggregate STEM degree completion across the US. Banning affirmative action may do more than shift minority students pursuing STEM from more selective colleges to less selective colleges. Minority students may also switch majors while
enrolling in the same institution, as well as attend community colleges or pursue other career
options.
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What are the long-run impacts of court-ordered school desegregation plans on adult attainments?
Student Demographics, Teacher Sorting, and Teacher Quality: Evidence from the End of School Desegregation
Investigate the relationship between changes in student attributes and changes in teacher quality that are not confounded with changes in school or neighborhood characteristics.
Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence Across Countries
Estimate the tracking effects in the differences in outcomes between primary and secondary school across tracked and non-tracked systems in the world.
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Whether desegregation plans of the last 30 years benefited Black and White students in desegregated school districts.