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Expenditures and Postsecondary Graduation: An Investigation Using Individual-Level Data from the State of Ohio

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WP140.pdf (61.54 KB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/74786
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Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI)
ILR Working Papers
Author
Webber, Douglas A.
Abstract

Using detailed individual-level data from public universities in the state of Ohio, I estimate the effect of various institutional expenditures on the probability of graduating from college. Using a competing risks regression framework, I find differential impacts of expenditure categories across student characteristics. I estimate that student service expenditures have a larger impact on students with low SAT/ACT scores, while instructional expenditures are more important for high test score students and those majoring in scientific/quantitative fields. The individual-level nature of these data allows me to address measurement error and endogeneity concerns the previous literature has been unable to deal with.

Date Issued
2010-01-01
Keywords
Higher Education; Education Production Function
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Required Publisher Statement: Published by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, ILR School, Cornell University.
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article

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