Learning and earning in the middle, part I: national studies of pre-baccalaureate education

Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error

James J. Heckman · Econometrica · 1979 · 28.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +16

How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights From Twenty Years of Research.

John C. Weidman, Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 3.1K citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Higher Education +17

The "Cooling-Out" Function in Higher Education

Burton R. Clark · American Journal of Sociology · 1960 · 845 citations

Education, Higher Education, Higher Education Leadership +6

Labor-Market Returns to Two- and Four-Year College

Thomas J. Kane, Cecilia Elena Rouse · American Economic Review · 1995 · 722 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Higher Education +7

The Ambitious Generation: America's Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless

Meg Wilkes Karraker, Barbara Schneider, David Lee Stevenson · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2000 · 718 citations

Social Sciences, Human Development, Adolescent Development +7