Code for: Colleges and Upward Economic Mobility The Distinctive Contribution of HBCUs

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) James V. Koch, Old Dominion University; Omari H. Swinton, Howard University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary Relying on a panel of more than six hundred four-year colleges (including 49 HBCUs), we show that HBCUs as a group outperform other major classes of institutions (for example, flagship state universities) in generating upward economic mobility for their graduates. 

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HBCU; Economic mobility; economics of education
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data; census/enumeration data; event/transaction data; observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Downloaded from U.S. Government sources as outlined in README.

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate About one-third of possible four-year, not-for-profit institutions in the United States had complete data for all variables.
Sampling:  View help for Sampling No sampling.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source As described in the README, the four major data sources are: (1) USDOE, Institutional Postsecondary Data System; USDOE, (2) College Scorecard; (3) USDOE Equity in Athletics; and (4) FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) other
Scales:  View help for Scales None.
Weights:  View help for Weights None.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual four-year, not-for-profit colleges and universities in the U.S.
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit United States

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