administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …

We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behaviour between students from … completely on grades in the terminal high school examinations. Thus, we can compare the application choices of students who have … equal chances of admission to college programs. Conditional on achievement and college opportunities, we find that students …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education and earnings … on IQ, and our results suggest that earlier born children have higher IQs. Our preferred estimates suggest differences … determined. Also, there is no evidence that birth order effects occur because later-born children are more affected by family …