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Table 7 Effects of HOPE on earning a STEM degree by SAT math score for initial STEM majors

From: The effect of Georgia’s HOPE scholarship on college major: a focus on STEM

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

SAT math

<400

400-499

500-599

600-699

700-800

A. Total

−0.0295

−0.0052

−0.0678

−0.0805

−0.0585

 

(0.0280)

(0.0176)

(0.0141)**

(0.0238)**

(0.0168)**

 

{−8.57%}

{−1.41%}

{−12.24%}

{−11.02%}

{−6.49%}

B. Females

0.0157

0.0262

−0.0321

−0.0594

−0.1134

 

(0.1091)

(0.0312)

(0.0056)**

(0.0234)*

(0.0588)

 

{5.24%}

{9.26%}

{−7.02%}

{−8.89%}

{−11.80%}

C. Males

−0.0128

−0.0691

−0.1169

−0.0824

−0.0409

 

(0.1790)

(0.0621)

(0.0278)**

(0.0318)*

(0.0240)

 

{−3.11%}

{−14.44%}

{−18.49%}

{−10.86%}

{−4.59%}

Sex, race/ethnicity dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High school dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SAT dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High school GPA dummies

No

No

No

No

No

USG institution dummies

No

No

No

No

No

  1. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered by high school graduation year. The percent change, i.e., the coefficient divided by the mean, are shown in braces
  2. *Significant at 10% based on small sample t-distribution; **Significant at 5%