tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post7225643349168440753..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Complex Finding about SATs, College, and EarningsEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-86155758558538166982011-02-28T12:21:36.644-06:002011-02-28T12:21:36.644-06:00Anecdotal disclaimer applies but my significant ot...Anecdotal disclaimer applies but my significant other is a Wellesley graduate and hence has a fairly extensive network of what I'm sure were impressive SAT-scoring friends. I have found them to be overwhelmingly more likely to go to work for non-profit organizations or public policy outlets. I have always attributed this in part to many of them coming from considerable means that allowed for a focus away from compensation-focused job hunting.<br /><br />With your thoughts in mind, however, I think almost all of them are dating/engaged to/married to ivy league graduates. I hadn't noticed that before. I will have to tell my girlfriend that dating me (a state-school graduate) is likely to net her greater earnings when she's finally done with law school this year.<br /><br />Thanks for that.BRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864068100462781592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-15636701554115862942011-02-28T10:40:02.174-06:002011-02-28T10:40:02.174-06:00As a female MBA from the UoC with 2 kids who makes...As a female MBA from the UoC with 2 kids who makes more than her hubby, I concur with the observations. Bertrand found labor force contribution of female MBAs was related to spousal earnings (http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/goldin/files/Dynamics.pdf): "The dynamic impact of a first birth on<br />women’s labor market outcomes greatly depends on spousal income. New MBA mothers with<br />higher-earnings spouses reduce their labor supply considerably more than mothers with lower earnings<br />spouses. In fact, the first birth has only a modest and temporary impact on earnings for<br />MBA women with lower-earnings spouses."MaybeMBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03482861896392336572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-17765139474849736872011-02-24T16:50:35.812-06:002011-02-24T16:50:35.812-06:00Dude, I got rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and MI...Dude, I got rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and MIT (somehow got into Caltech) and my professional life is an abject failure, so knowing this second statistic makes me feel even worse about myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com