Seth Zimmerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6492314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seth Zimmerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seth |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmerman |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMERMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Evergreen Valley College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9636-2265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Elite Colleges and Upward Mobility to Top Jobs and Top Incomes
This paper asks whether elite colleges help students outside of historically advantaged groups reach top positions in the economy. I combine administrative data on income and leadership teams at publicly traded firms with a regression discontinuity design based on admissions rules at elite business-focused degree programs in Chile. The 1.8 percent of college students admitted to these programs account for 41 percent of leadership positions and 39…
The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students
I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to estimate the returns to college admission for academically marginal students. Students with grades just above a threshold for admissions eligibility at a large public university in Florida are much more likely to attend any university than below-threshold students. The marginal admission yields earnings gains …
Population size at the time of mitochondrial eve
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Population size at the time of mitochondrial eve
The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students
I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to estimate the returns to college admission for academically marginal students. Students with grades just above a threshold for admissions eligibility at a large public university in Florida are much more likely to attend any university than below-threshold students. The marginal admission yields earnings gains …
Elite Colleges and Upward Mobility to Top Jobs and Top Incomes
This paper asks whether elite colleges help students outside of historically advantaged groups reach top positions in the economy. I combine administrative data on income and leadership teams at publicly traded firms with a regression discontinuity design based on admissions rules at elite business-focused degree programs in Chile. The 1.8 percent of college students admitted to these programs account for 41 percent of leadership positions and 39…
Mathematics (3 works) · Statistics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Regression discontinuity design (2 works)