From: College major peer effects and attrition from the sciences
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peer Ability Index: | |||||
Intended Science Majors | 0.000721 | −0.0562 | −0.0976** | −0.0804** | −0.100*** |
[0.0613] | [0.0385] | [0.0287] | [0.0224] | [0.0259] | |
Intended Non-science Majors | −0.0211 | 0.0339 | 0.0929** | 0.0785** | 0.0944** |
[0.0636] | [0.0380] | [0.0346] | [0.0280] | [0.0284] | |
Own Characteristics: | |||||
Math SAT Score | 0.117*** | 0.114*** | 0.114*** | 0.0669*** | 0.0669*** |
[0.0107] | [0.0106] | [0.0106] | [0.00712] | [0.00712] | |
Verbal SAT Score | −0.0375*** | −0.0361*** | −0.0351*** | −0.0237*** | −0.0237*** |
[0.00472] | [0.00422] | [0.00403] | [0.00258] | [0.00258] | |
UC-Adjusted High School GPA | 0.0927*** | 0.0853*** | 0.0848*** | 0.0535*** | 0.0535*** |
[0.0108] | [0.00949] | [0.00954] | [0.00647] | [0.00647] | |
Asian | 0.0794*** | 0.0568*** | 0.0563*** | 0.0382*** | 0.0383*** |
[0.00750] | [0.00720] | [0.00745] | [0.00718] | [0.00718] | |
Black or Hispanic | 0.0280*** | 0.0194** | 0.0221*** | −0.00334 | −0.00334 |
[0.00467] | [0.00527] | [0.00560] | [0.00502] | [0.00504] | |
Other Non-white Race/Ethnicity | 0.0315*** | 0.0241*** | 0.0250*** | 0.0192*** | 0.0192*** |
[0.00449] | [0.00382] | [0.00415] | [0.00445] | [0.00445] | |
Fixed Effects: | |||||
Application-Admission Pattern | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Application-Admission Pattern | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
(w/ Application Major Preferences) | |||||
College | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
College Selectivity Tier by Cohort | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Observations | 241,062 | 241,062 | 241,062 | 241,062 | 241,062 |
R-squared | 0.108 | 0.126 | 0.127 | 0.403 | 0.403 |