We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior 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 …

examine how the college choices of equally achieving students differ by gender. We find that female students better balance … differences in risk management are concentrated amongst high achieving students …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …