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Table 9 Post-HOPE effects on non-STEM earned majors

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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Business

Education

Health

Liberal arts

Social sciences

A. Total

0.0494

−0.0282

0.0045

0.0101

−0.0105

 

(0.0025)***

(0.0037)***

(0.0017)*

(0.0052)

(0.0032)**

 

{20.5%}

{−16.5%}

{8.1%}

{6.7%}

{−5.8%}

B. Females

0.0238

−0.0417

0.0094

0.0163

0.0042

 

(0.0043)**

(0.0052)***

(0.0022)**

(0.0040)**

(0.0014)*

 

{12.0%}

{−16.9%}

{10.6%}

{11.4%}

{2.1%}

C. Males

0.0797

−0.0072

−0.0013

−0.0008

−0.0288

 

(0.0063)***

(0.0026)*

(0.0009)

(0.0068)

(0.0062)**

 

{27.2%}

{−9.6%}

{−9.2%}

{−0.5%}

{−17.9%}

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

Initial STEM majors

     

A. Total

0.0579

−0.0015

0.0079

0.0121

0.0024

 

(0.0138)**

(0.0043)

(0.0048)

(0.0039)*

(0.0038)

 

{42.8%}

{−2.8%}

{20.3%}

{19.0%}

{3.1%}

B. Females

0.0334

−0.0147

0.0134

0.0120

0.0192

 

(0.0160)

(0.0071)

(0.0156)

(0.0015)***

(0.0106)

 

{25.5%}

{−14.8%}

{15.7%}

{14.8%}

{18.7%}

C. Males

0.0768

0.0061

0.0033

0.0099

−0.0024

 

(0.0222)**

(0.0018)**

(0.0011)*

(0.0091)

(0.0030)

 

{55.7%}

{25.1%}

{42.4%}

{19.0%}

{−3.8%}

  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%; ***Significant at 1%