Greek life, academics, and earnings

WE Even, AC Smith - Journal of Human Resources, 2022 - jhr.uwpress.org
Using records from a large public university, we examine the impact of Greek social
organizations on academic performance and labor market outcomes. To isolate the causal …

The impact of Greek organization membership on collegiate outcomes: Evidence from a national survey

PW Routon, JK Walker - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Using a longitudinal survey of college students from over 400 institutions and a propensity
score weighting framework, we examine the impacts of college fraternity and sorority …

Greek organization membership and collegiate outcomes at an elite, private university

JK Walker, ND Martin, A Hussey - Research in Higher Education, 2015 - Springer
In this study, we use detailed survey and institutional data from a prospective panel study of
students attending a highly selective, private university to examine the effects of fraternity or …

Greek membership: The relationship with first-year academic performance

R DeBard, C Sacks - Journal of College Student Retention …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Much has been written about the need for student involvement to build a sense of belonging
on college campuses. However, when it comes to membership in Greek social …

The effects of Greek affiliation on academic performance

A De Donato, J Thomas - Economics of Education Review, 2017 - Elsevier
We use a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effects of Greek affiliation on
academic performance. There are strong negative effects in some periods but smaller effects …

Beyond the ivory tower: Labor market returns to Greek membership

PW Routon, JK Walker - Labour, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using a nationally representative sample of college graduates, we estimate the post‐
collegiate labor market effects of fraternity and sorority membership during undergraduate …

Attitude Changes and Self‐Perceived Skill Gains from Collegiate Greek Organization Membership

PW Routon, JK Walker - Social Science Quarterly, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We examine if membership in social collegiate Greek letter organizations
(college fraternities and sororities) affects students' social, political, and economic views, as …

Membership and the first year of college: A comparison of the academic achievements of social sorority and fraternity members who joined during their first year of …

WAT Lake - 2005 - rave.ohiolink.edu
The possible effects of involvement in social fraternities and sororities on college students
have been debated for nearly as long as these organizations have existed. Both anecdote …

Does going Greek impair undergraduate academic performance? A case study

F Grubb - American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling for SAT scores, college major, gender, and state of residence, university students
were more likely to have joined a fraternity or sorority if they had come from in state and had …

Social animal house: The economic and academic consequences of fraternity membership

J Mara, L Davis, S Schmidt - Contemporary Economic Policy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We exploit changes in the residential and social environment on campus to identify the
economic and academic consequences of fraternity membership at a small Northeastern …