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Title: A Quality-Preserving Increase in Four-Year College Attendance: Evidence from NLS-72 and ELS:2002

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: We use the NLS-72 and ELS:2002 data sets to evaluate changes in the college matching process. Rising attendance rates at four-year institutions have not decreased average preparedness of college goers or of college graduates, and further attendance gains are possible before diminishing returns sets in. We use multinomial logit models to demonstrate that measures of likely success (GPA) became more predictive of college attendance over time, while other student characteristics such as race and parents’ education became less predictive. Our evidence suggests that schools have become better at sorting while students have efficiently responded to changes in the return to higher education.

Url: https://economics.wm.edu/wp/cwm_wp147_rev.pdf

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Authors: Archibald, Robert B; Feldman, David H; Mchenry, Peter

Series Title: College of William and Mary Department of Economics Working Paper

Publication Number: 147

Institution: College of William and Mary

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education

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