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Why Do Some Students Delay College Enrollment? Does It Matter? Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics and Education, Columbia University, 2019 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): College Characteristics; College Enrollment; Earnings; Education, Adult; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the third chapter of this dissertation examines the characteristics and earnings trajectories of delayers and the effects of this choice on academic and labor market outcomes. Propensity score matching results show that delaying college enrollment decreases individuals' likelihood of enrolling in college, and increases their tendency to enroll in two-year colleges if they return to school. The results also demonstrate that, consistent with the study's descriptive results, the early earnings benefits that are experienced by delayers diminish after their mid-20s and turn to significant losses over time. Oaxaca decomposition results indicate that differences in student characteristics only explain one third of the pay gap between the two groups; 60% of the pay gap is explained by delayers' reduced likelihood of attending and obtaining a degree at a four-year college. |
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Lin, Yuxin. Why Do Some Students Delay College Enrollment? Does It Matter? Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics and Education, Columbia University, 2019. |