A big fish in a small pond: Ability rank and human capital investment
A big fish in a small pond: Ability rank and human capital investment
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
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We study the impact of a student’s ordinal rank in a high school cohort on educational attainment several years later. To identify a causal effect, we compare multiple cohorts within the same school, exploiting idiosyncratic variation in cohort composition. We find that a student’s ordinal rank significantly affects educational outcomes later in li...
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A big fish in a small pond: Ability rank and human capital investment
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TN_cdi_uchicagopress_journals_690714
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_uchicagopress_journals_690714
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0734-306X
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1537-5307
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10.1086/690714
