<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Avery, Christopher</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gurantz, Oded</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hurwitz, Michael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smith, Jonathan</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shifting College Majors in Response to Advanced Placement Exam Scores</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017-05-02 14:43:28</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1016-8293R</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.53.4.1016-8293R</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Do signals of high aptitude shape the course of collegiate study? We apply a regression discontinuity design to understand how college major choice is impacted by receiving a higher Advanced Placement (AP) integer score, despite similar exam performance, compared to students who received a lower integer score. Attaining higher scores increases the probability that a student majors in that exam subject by approximately 5 percent (0.64 percentage points) with some individual exams demonstrating increases as high as 30 percent. A substantial portion of the overall effect is driven by behavioral responses to the positive signal of receiving a higher score.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>