Literature review #2

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2) Routon, P. Wesley and Jay K. Walker. "The Impact of Greek Organization Membership on 

Collegiate Outcomes: Evidence from a National Survey." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol. 49, 01 Apr. 2014, pp. 63-70. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.socec.2014.02.003.

3) This article discusses some of the positive impacts Greek life has on its members. An important aspect of this article is that it brings up how Greek students have higher desires of pursuing a graduate degree. On top of that the study found that Greek student plan more on working full time after graduation. As well as graduation rates for Greek students are higher than Non-Greek. The article says the impact of the vase alumni networks set up by Greek organizations are a reason that Greek students are more prepared come senior year for the real world, or to further their education.

4)  Wesley Routon: Wesley is an applied microeconomist, and much of his work falls within labor and education economics. He revived his doctorate in economics from middle Tennessee state university 

Jay Walker: Jay's fields of interest are applied microeconomics, labor economics, and the economics of education. He is an assistant professor of economics at Niagara University and was awarded his Ph.D in economics from the university of Memphis. 

5)  Key concept: Increase in immediate plans of a full time job after school, increase in student government participation, and increase in volunteer work for members of Greek life over Non-Greek,

Key Concept: Greeks have a higher graduation rate, complete more unassigned course work and studied with other more than Non-Greeks

6) 1) ". This result is probably related to the extended alumni networks that Greeks belong to that may offer aid in finding a job" pg 70

2) "Greek membership is found to increase the desire to pursue a graduate degree and increase the likelihood of graduating on time" pg 70

3) "Another large difference in academic measures is completion of unassigned coursework, which is a more frequent practice among Greekmembers of both genders than non-Greeks" pg 66

7) This is an important article because it directly compares Greek students to Non-Greek. It is especially important because I am trying to show the positive impacts that Greek life has on its members. This article helps proving that point by showing how Greek members are more prepared for graduation then non ones. They put more thought into working full time and furthering their education in grad school. This is important for students because a lot of the time people get out of school and still do not have a sense of what they want to do or do not have a job. It also helps show the impact Greek life has on the community. Greek members volunteered on a much more frequent basis than Non-Greek members. That is why the article is so useful.