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Publications
15
Citations
754
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Active since
2010
Affiliations
University of Illinois Chicago(Current)
Cornell University
Temple University
Ben Ost is an author at University of Illinois Chicago specializing in education, higher education, and economics.
Publications per year
2010–2023
The role of peers and grades in determining major persistence in the sciences
Ben Ost · Economics of Education Review · 2010 · 290 citations
Education, Educational Assessment, Science Education +12
The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies
Ben Ost, Weixiang Pan, Douglas Webber · Journal of Labor Economics · 2017 · 87 citations
Education, Economics, Higher Education +15
The Impact of Letter Grades on Student Effort, Course Selection, and Major Choice: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
Joyce Main, Ben Ost · The Journal of Economic Education · 2014 · 56 citations
Social Sciences, Economics, Higher Education +13
Grade-specific experience, grade reassignments, and teacher turnover
Ben Ost, Jeffrey C. Schiman · Economics of Education Review · 2015 · 49 citations
Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +11
The impact of parental layoff on higher education investment
Weixiang Pan, Ben Ost · Economics of Education Review · 2014 · 37 citations
Education, Education Policy, Higher Education +14
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