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1by Zafar, Basit Published in The Journal of human resources (2013)“...This paper studies how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying gender gap. I collect a data set of Northwestern University sophomores that...”
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2by Zafar, Basit Published in Journal of labor economics (01.04.2011)“...This study focuses on how college students form expectations about various major-specific outcomes. For this purpose, I collect a panel data set of...”
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3“...Abstract We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for workplace attributes from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a...”
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4“...This article studies the determinants of college major choice using an experimentally generated panel of beliefs, obtained by providing students with...”
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5“...ABSTRACT Using novel survey data, we document that individuals extrapolate from recent personal experiences when forming expectations about aggregate economic...”
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6“...We investigate the determinants of students’ university choice in Pakistan, with a focus on monetary returns, nonpecuniary factors enjoyed at school, and...”
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7by BASIT ZAFAR Published in Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England) (01.04.2011)“...A pervasive concern with the use of subjective data in choice models is that they are biased and endogenous. This paper examines the extent to which cognitive...”
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8by Eika, Lasse Mogstad, Magne Zafar, Basit Published in The Journal of political economy (01.12.2019)“...We use data from Denmark, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States to document the degree of educational assortative mating, how it evolves...”
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9by Zafar, Basit Published in Economic inquiry (2012)“...At least a quarter of college students in the United States graduate with more than one undergraduate major. This article investigates how students choose the...”
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10“...We use a strategic household survey to study the sensitivity of intended homeownership decisions to financing constraints. We find that the average stated...”
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11by Delavande, Adeline Zafar, Basit Published in Economic development and cultural change (01.10.2019)“...This paper uses economic experiments to investigate how gender discrimination depends on the social identities of interacting parties. We randomly matched...”
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12“...Using the panel component of the Michigan Survey of Consumers, we estimate a learning model of inflation expectations, allowing for heterogeneous use of...”
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13by Meta Brown John Grigsby Wilbert van der Klaauw Jaya Wen Basit Zafar Published in The Review of financial studies (01.09.2016)“...Young Americans are heavily reliant on debt and have clear financial literacy shortcomings. In this paper, we study the effects of exposure to financial...”
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14by Delavande, Adeline Zafar, Basit Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.10.2015)“...•We study interactions of Pakistani students in institutions of varying religiosity.•Madrassa students are among the most trusting.•There is a high level of...”
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15“...Expectations are important determinants of decisions made under uncertainty, and if individuals’ expectations are biased, they can make suboptimal choices...”
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16by Armantier, Olivier Nelson, Scott Topa, Giorgio van der Klaauw, Wilbert Zafar, Basit Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.07.2016)“...Abstract Using a unique, randomized information experiment embedded in a survey, this paper investigates how consumers’ inflation expectations respond to new...”
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17by META BROWN SARAH STEIN BASIT ZAFAR Published in Journal of money, credit and banking (01.03.2015)“...We estimate the response of consumer debt portfolios to pronounced housing market swings from 1999 to 2012 using Equifax-sourced credit report data and a...”
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18“...Using administrative data from a large 4-year public university, we show that male students are 18.6 percent more likely than female students to receive...”
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19by Armantier, Olivier De Bruin, Wändi Bruine Topa, Giorgio Klaauw, Wilbert Zafar, Basit Published in International economic review (Philadelphia) (2015)“...We compare the inflation expectations reported by consumers in a survey with their behavior in a financially incentivized investment experiment. The survey is...”
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20“...We use data from the Associated Press college American football poll to analyze two types of ex-post optimality of social learning in a non-lab setting. The...”