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Satabdi Adhikary – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Bullying is widely prevalent in the US. Although anti-bullying laws have been implemented across the country since 1999, bullying prevalence rates remain high. Research suggests that being a bully or a bully victim or both makes an individual more likely to experience worse physical, mental, and financial health. This dissertation comprises of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, At Risk Persons, Sleep
Daniel Golbeck Rudel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation uses three empirical papers to examine the relationship between student gender, student's income expectations for the future, and persistence in schooling. First, I use survey data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to examine how both children's and parent's earnings expectations for students in 12th grade vary by…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Academic Persistence, Income, Gender Differences
Beth Marchant – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Problem: Due to the current resurgence of attention given to high school students' taking courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), research was needed to examine whether a relationship between the number of STEM courses a high school student, who graduates from high school and works in a non-STEM field, completes and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Course Selection (Students), Income, High School Graduates
Kelly A. Slaton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As the cost of living continues to increase over time, many Americans are placing greater scrutiny on the financial choices they make. An area for such evaluation is if the outcomes of going to college continue to be worth the cost. One underrepresented group, first-generation college students (FGCS), is less likely than non-FGCS to attend and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Longitudinal Studies, College Graduates, Income
Adam Shumway – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The three chapters of this dissertation use tools of applied microeconomics to study topics related to education and regulation. The first chapter, "Where Doctors Work," studies how openings and closures of medical schools in the United States have affected the geographical distribution of doctors. The principal contribution is the…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Medical Schools, Geographic Distribution, Physicians
Zakiya Edens – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Career academies are specialized educational programs that offer graduates a pathway to acquire the skills, knowledge, and credentials needed to enter the workforce or pursue further education in a specific career field. These programs are designed to improve student engagement, reduce dropout rates, and enhance post-graduation outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Career Academies, High School Graduates, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Luis Christopher Armona – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation contains three essays discussing government policy in higher education, the effects of online social networks during college on students after graduating, and how to use search data as a tool to recover characteristics of both products and customers to estimate demand. In the first chapter, co-authored with Shengmao Cao, we study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Social Media
Zhao, Shanke – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Wage differentials across college majors are huge and have been increasing. The type of college education becomes important for college students in terms of future earnings. Understanding the treatment effect of major choice in a certain occupation is difficult because of the sorting behavior and the effect of occupation choice. In order to…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Career Choice, Education, Majors (Students)
Alon, Titan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper builds a model of human capital accumulation driven by increasing specialization of the workforce. Individuals increase the efficiency of time dedicated to human capital acquisition by focusing investments on narrower sets of skills. The evolution of secondary and post-secondary curricula in the United States from 1870-2000 confirms the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Specialization, Labor Force, Efficiency
Meyers, Laura E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigates faculty gender pay equity in higher education. Using data from the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty and drawing on human capital theory, structural theory, and the theory of comparable worth, this study uses cross-classified random effects modeling to explore what factors may be contributing to the pay…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Higher Education, Women Faculty, Teacher Salaries
Pitigoi-Aron, Gabriela – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attracting and retaining strong faculty members in dental schools have long been challenges in the United States. Faced with an emerging crisis in the availability and quality of dental educators, many researchers have focused on analyzing data and trends related to this subject. Even though there are substantial studies that provide a picture of…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Medical School Faculty, Dentistry, Career Choice
Warunsiri, Sasiwimon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is composed of three studies on Thai labor markets using a pseudo-panel data set: The first chapter estimates the rate of return to education in Thailand, while treating the endogeneity bias common to estimates from data on individuals. Pseudo-panel data are constructed from repeated cross sections of Labor Force Surveys…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Income, Correlation