%0 Report
        %A Dasgupta, Utteeyo
%A Mani, Subha
%A Sharma, Smriti
%A Singhal, Saurabh
        %T Cognitive, Socioemotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10701
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10701
        %X We exploit the variation in the admissions cutoffs across colleges of a leading Indian university in a regression discontinuity framework to estimate the causal effects of enrolling in a selective college on: cognitive attainment, behavioral preferences, and Big Five personality. We find that enrolling in a selective college improves only females' exam scores. Further, marginally admitted females in selective colleges become less overconfident and less risk averse while males in selective colleges experience a decline in extraversion and conscientiousness. Higher attendance rates among females explain the gender differences in returns to better college and peer environment. 
        %K cognitive attainment
%K behavior
%K personality
%K college quality
%K peer effects
%K India