Shifting College Majors in Response to Advanced Placement Exam Scores.

• Autores: Christopher Avery, Oded Gurantz, Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan. Smith
• Localización: Journal of human resources, ISSN 0022-166X, Vol. 53, Nº 4, 2018, págs. 918-956
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Do signals of high aptitude shape the course of collegiate study? We apply a regression discontinuity design to understand how college major choice is impacted by receiving a higher Advanced Placement (AP) integer score, despite similar exam performance, compared to students who received a lower integer score. Attaining higher scores increases the probability that a student majors in that exam subject by approximately 5 percent (0.64 percentage points), with some individual exams demonstrating increases as high as 30 percent. A substantial portion of the overall effect is driven by behavioral responses to the positive signal of receiving a higher score. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]