Fraternities and Labor-Market Outcomes

B-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Year: 2012
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 116-41

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We model how student choices to rush a fraternity, and fraternity admission choices, interact with signals firms receive about student productivities to determine labor-market outcomes. The fraternity and students value wages and fraternity socializing values. We provide sufficient conditions under which, in equilibrium, most members have intermediate abilities: weak students apply, but are rejected unless they have high socializing values, while most able students do not apply to avoid taint from association with weaker members. (JEL C72, J24, J31, Z13)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmic:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:116-41
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24