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The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major
This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students´ probability to enroll at university and to choose Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) as college major. The reform that was introduced in one German state increased the degree of difficulty to graduate from high school by increasing the mandatory instruction time in the core subjects German, a foreign language, mathematics and natural sciences and by raising the graduation requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the empirical analysis is carried out by applying a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM as college major, we only find a robust positive effect for males.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2015/13
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Education: Government Policy
- Subject
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high school curriculum
university educational decisions
the choice of college major
STEM
reform evaluation
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Görlitz, Katja
Gravert, Christina
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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Berlin
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Görlitz, Katja
- Gravert, Christina
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Time of origin
- 2015
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