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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning the Major: The Role of Early Specialization in Educational and Labor Market Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:This paper examines how the timing of college field specialization affects students’ educational and labor market outcomes. To study this question\, I exploit a 2011 policy change at a Midwestern flagship university that incentivized only engineering students to declare a major earlier. I develop a conceptual framework in which students learn about their match quality across majors through course grades while accumulating credits toward graduation. Earlier major declaration increases exposure to major-specific high-level coursework\, but also reduces flexibility to exit the initial field as a result of increased specialization\, creating a trade-off. The framework generates predictions that I test empirically using a difference-in-differences design. I find that the policy increased within-engineering switching by 75%\, reduced exits from engineering by 80%\, and improved academic outcomes\, as reflected in higher GPAs and a 14% increase in honors graduation rates. LinkedIn-based career data further indicate enhanced early career outcomes in engineering: greater persistence in engineering positions\, longer initial job tenure\, and a greater likelihood of attaining managerial roles. These results suggest that\, in settings where students retain flexibility in major selection\, incentivizing early major declaration can improve student-major match quality.
UID:138285-21882717@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138285
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Labor,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
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DTSTAMP:20250904T112401
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: Who lives in the Bruhat-Tits building?
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will explain how under mild tameness assumptions one can naturally associate to a point in the Bruhat-Tits building a reductive subgroup which enjoys several desirable properties. Of course\, I will give a short introduction to the theory of buildings—paying particular attention to the usage of integral models. As usual we will work out several fun examples and calculations.
UID:138811-21883966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138811
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
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