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    • Attrition in Economics Ph.D. Programs 
      Stock, Wendy A.; Finegan, T. Aldrich; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Information about 586 individuals who matriculated into 27 economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2002 is used to estimate first and second year attrition rates. After two years, 26.5 percent of the initial cohort had left, ...
    • Crime, Ethics and Occupational Choice: Endogenous Sorting in a Closed Model 
      Conley, John P.; Wang, Ping (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-01-20)
      We consider a simple model in which agents are endowed with heterogeneous abilities and differing degrees of honesty. Agents choose either to become criminals or invest in education and become workers instead. The model ...
    • Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States 
      Collins, William J.; Margo, Robert A. (Vanderbilt University, 2003)
      African-Americans entered the post-Civil War era with extremely low levels of exposure to schooling. Relying primarily on micro-level census data, we describe racial differences in literacy rates, school attendance, years ...
    • Matriculation In Economics Us Ph.D. Programs: How Many Accepted Americans Do Not Enroll? 
      Finegan, T. Aldrich; Stock, Wendy A.; Siegfried, John J. (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Using a sample of 26 U.S. economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2003, we estimate that only about 12 percent of the U.S. and Canadian students accepted for doctoral study did not enroll in any U.S. economics Ph.D. program in ...