What Do Course Offerings Imply about University Preferences?

James Thomas

Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, vol. 42, issue 1, 53 - 83

Abstract: This paper empirically analyzes how universities decide which courses to offer and the implications of these decisions for students. At a sample university, course offerings significantly impact student course choices and implicitly sacrifice student utility to increase enrollment in STEM and business and occupational courses. This is because new course sections in these fields have slightly smaller effects on student utility and cost substantially more than new offerings in other fields. The university changes its course offerings in counterfactual scenarios, and ignoring these responses leads to understating the effects of interventions.

Date: 2024
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