NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Stinebrickner, Ralph – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Despite the large amount of attention that has been paid recently to understanding the determinants of educational outcomes, knowledge of the causal effect of the most fundamental input in the education production function--students' study time and effort--has remained virtually non-existent. In this paper, we examine the causal effect of studying…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Belley, Philippe; Lochner, Lance – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
This paper uses data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohorts (NLSY79 and NLSY97) to estimate changes in the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment for youth in their late teens during the early 1980s and early 2000s. Cognitive ability plays an important role in determining educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Family Income, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, College Attendance