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Title: The Falling Time Cost of College: Evidence from Half a Century of Time Use Data

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Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Using multiple datasets from five different time periods, we document changes in time use by full-time college students in the United States between 1961 and 2004. Full-time college students in 1961 appeared to allocate 40 hours per week toward class and studying, whereas in 2004 they invested 23 to 26 hours. Declines in academic time investment were extremely broad-based, and are not easily accounted for by changes in the composition of students or schools. Findings suggest that previous research may have underestimated recent increases in the rate of return to postsecondary education by as much as 80 to 90 percent.

Url: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.621.8683&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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Authors: Babcock, Philip; Marks, Mindy; Bedard, Kelly; Bergstrom, Ted; Briggs, John; Brint, Steven; Fairris, David; Kuhn, Peter; Ramey, Valerie; Steigerwald, Doug; Ullah, Aman; Weinberger, Cathy

Publisher: University of California, Santa Barbara

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education

Countries: United States