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000001588 037__ $$aTHESIS
000001588 041__ $$aeng
000001588 245__ $$aYouth Sports Help Close the Education Gap
000001588 260__ $$c2016-05
000001588 300__ $$a32
000001588 336__ $$aThesis
000001588 502__ $$d2016
000001588 502__ $$nEconomics and Business
000001588 520__ $$aThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of youth sport participation on a student’s likelihood of attending college.  A cross sectional dataset of approximately 12,000 eighth grade students, located in the United States is used.  The decision to attend college is modeled as a function of high school experiences, extracurricular involvement, grades, test scores, and educational aspirations.  The probit model results indicate that sports in general increased the probability of a student attending college with statistical significance.
000001588 542__ $$fCopyright Reserved, Non-exclusive rights granted to Colorado College for distribution
000001588 650_4 $$aCollege attendance
000001588 650_4 $$ayouth sports participation
000001588 650_4 $$aeducational aspirations
000001588 650_4 $$ateam sports
000001588 650_4 $$aindividual sports
000001588 7001_ $$aCurran , Samantha Grace
000001588 72012 $$aFenn, Aju
000001588 8564_ $$946de0cce-7974-4f33-ba89-722925974aee$$s266322$$uhttps://digitalcc.coloradocollege.edu/record/1588/files/Youth%20Sports%20Help%20Close%20the%20Education%20Gap.pdf
000001588 980__ $$aIR
000001588 982__ $$aEconomics and Business Department Student Theses 2015-16