Research blog 3

This article, "From Hard Times to Better Times", is very similar to the one in the previous blog post. Although it does't have very much qualitative information regarding degree choices and outcomes, it does contain numerous statistics and quantitative appendices regarding the the post-graduate statistics. Primarily in regards to income and unemployment. 

Carnevale, Anthony P., Ban Cheah, and Center on Education and the Workforce Georgetown University. "From Hard Times To Better Times: College Majors, Unemployment, And Earnings." Georgetown University Center On Education And The Workforce (2015): ERIC. Web. 4 Oct. 2016.

The next article I found, "International Happiness: A Multi Level Perspective", looks at the correlation between many quantifiable factors and happiness. Although I am not directly researching income and happiness, I do believe that taking a look at the quality of life for people who studied 'fun' and 'easy' majors and comparing their happiness to those who took on more challenging degrees may help my argument.  

Ashkanasy, Neal M. "International Happiness: A Multilevel Perspective." Academy Of Management Perspectives 25.1 (2011): 23-29.Business Source Premier. Web. 11 Oct. 2016. 

The next two articles discuss factors that affect degree choice. When I first read the abstracts for these articles, they seemed to make sense, as some of the factors in their experiments discussed variants like race, ethnicity, family income, gender. Upon further inspection of these two articles they seemed to be full of mathematical nonsense and unintelligible formulas with little or no practical use for the arguments in my paper. However, looking past the ivory tower jargon, there are some summarizing statements that stand out that may be of use in my paper.  

Artabe, A., and J. Gardeazabal. "Degree Choice Evidence From Stated Preferences." Empirical Economics (2016): 1-30. Scopus®. Web. 4 Oct. 2016.

  

WISWALL, MATTHEW, and BASIT ZAFAR. "Determinants Of College Major Choice: Identification Using An Information Experiment." Review Of Economic Studies 82.2 (2015): 791-824. Business Source Premier. Web. 4 Oct. 2016.