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Golembiewski, Kevin |
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What is the Effect of Having a Disabled Sibling on a Youth’s Outcome? Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, 2010 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: College of the Holy Cross Keyword(s): Birth Order; Child Health; Disability; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In 1988, there were 7.1 million non-disabled children living with a disabled family member. Since this time, the number of disabled Americans has increased substantially. Hence, it is reasonable to assume that millions of children currently live with disabled siblings. Although millions of children equate to a huge pool of potential human capital, the question of how these children are impacted by having a disabled sibling has yet to be addressed. This paper studies how youths’ educational development and future income are affected by having a disabled sibling. The findings suggest that a child’s educational development is significantly and positively affected by having a disabled sibling, and also that there is no significant relationship between a youth having a disabled sibling and her or his future income. |
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Golembiewski, Kevin. "What is the Effect of Having a Disabled Sibling on a Youth’s Outcome?." Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, 2010. |
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Maloney, Paul |
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Does it Pay to Attend an Elite Liberal Arts College? Undergraduate Honors Thesis, College of the Holy Cross, April 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: College of the Holy Cross Keyword(s): College Characteristics; College Enrollment; Colleges; Data Linkage (also see Record Linkage); Human Capital; Human Capital Theory; Undergraduate Research; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. One of the most important decisions in a person’s life is what college they will attend. The choice of college can have an effect on future earnings. With the increase in college tuition, it has become even more important to make cost effective decisions. This paper studies how wages are affected by the type of school an individual attends and in particular elite liberal arts colleges. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the U.S. News and World Report’s individual characteristics are linked to characteristics of the college that the individual attended. Individual’s wages are regressed on the individual and college characteristics at different points in the individual’s career in order to determine the percent change in wages when attending an elite liberal arts college. The findings suggest there is not a statistically significant relationship between wages and attending an elite liberal art college at the beginning of a career but in the middle of an individual’s career there is a positive and statistically significant relationship. |
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Bibliography Citation
Maloney, Paul. "Does it Pay to Attend an Elite Liberal Arts College?." Undergraduate Honors Thesis, College of the Holy Cross, April 2012. |