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Source: Department of Economics, Emory University
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Morris, Rebecca |
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The Effects of Higher Education Tax Benefits and Aid Information on College Decisions B.A. Honors Thesis, Department of Economics, Emory University, 2013 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Department of Economics, Emory University Keyword(s): College Cost; College Enrollment; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Costs; Family Income; Mothers, Education; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Taxes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In recent years, tax-based federal aid in the form of the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits as well as the Tuition Deduction has become a potential funding source for individuals interested in pursuing higher education. This paper analyzes the relationship between post-secondary financial aid distributed through the tax system and the decisions to apply to college, enroll in college, and complete a year of college for dependents between the ages of 18 and 23. Using policy variations in income and benefit limits to estimate the aid's effects, this study finds that the amount of tax benefit an individual is eligible to receive does not increase the probability that an individual decides to apply to college, enroll in college, or a complete a year of college. However, receipt of financial aid information was found to have economically and statistically significant effects for the three college decisions studied, with an associated increase in the probability of enrolling equivalent to 8.5 percentage points, an increase in the probability of applying equivalent to 27 percentage points, and an increase in the probability of completing a year of college equivalent to 17 percentage points. High frequency of discussions with parents about college attendance also resulted in significant increases in the probabilities analyzed in this paper. |
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Morris, Rebecca. "The Effects of Higher Education Tax Benefits and Aid Information on College Decisions." B.A. Honors Thesis, Department of Economics, Emory University, 2013. |
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Peng, Handie |
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The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Initiation of Adolescent Risky Behaviors Working Paper, Department of Economics, Emory University, August 2012 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Department of Economics, Emory University Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Alcohol Use; Body Mass Index (BMI); Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Drug Use; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Maternal Employment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper studies the effects of maternal employment on the initiation of adolescent risky behaviors using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youths 1979 (NLSY79) and its children and young adult supplement. I find that maternal employment after the first few years of the child’s life has a positive and significant impact on the initiation of alcohol, cigarette and marijuana consumption as well as sexual activity during adolescence. These effects remain significant when the average maternal employment over the child’s life is used as the explanatory variable. Subgroup analyses indicate that the positive and significant results appear to be driven mostly by households with higher socioeconomic status. I construct the variables about risky behavior initiation from both NLSY79 Children and NLSY79 YA. Maternal employment measures are collected from NLSY79. All the other explanatory variables come from NLSY79, NLSY79 Children, or NLSY79 YA. The time period this study covers is 1984 to 2008 with biennial availability after 1994. |
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Peng, Handie. "The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Initiation of Adolescent Risky Behaviors." Working Paper, Department of Economics, Emory University, August 2012. |
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Young, Tiffany C. |
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ADHD and Academics Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, Emory University, 2007 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Emory University Keyword(s): Academic Development; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Children, Illness; Elementary School Students; Grade Retention/Repeat Grade; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); School Performance; School Progress; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the effect of demographic, socioeconomic, educational, and cultural characteristics on ADHD symptoms, probability of diagnosis, and probability of treatment. It also analyzes the association of ADHD symptoms with child human capital in terms of academic performance, measured by achievement tests, special education, or grade repetition. Results offer suggestions for improvements in education policy and parental caretaking of ADHD children. |
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Young, Tiffany C. "ADHD and Academics." Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, Emory University, 2007. |