This paper estimates the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment. The effect …

This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market … of less able students. As we argue in the paper, this adjustment benefits low-ability college students at the expense of … colleges become a less appealing alternative for the medium ability students. The selective, elite colleges therefore adopt a …

This paper analyzes the determinants of the choice of location of international students. Building on the documented … trends in international migration of students, we develop a small theoretical model allowing to identify the various factors … associated to the attraction of migrants as well as the costs of moving abroad. Using new data capturing the number of students …

students in Michigan for the main analyses, and complement this with analyses from a state-year panel. The study employs … that ACT science scores improved by 0.2 points (or roughly 0.04 standard deviations) as a result of the MMC. Students who … impact on high school graduation for students who entered high school with the weakest academic preparation, but other …

Despite the importance of the Bologna process for the mobility of students, and the further mobility of graduates, as … mobile students, so that the burden of that financing, usually public, is supported by the host country. Moreover in- and … outflows of students show imbalances and such imbalances are expected to increase with mobility. Therefore, we first suggest …

the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … enrollment at universities that impose a tuition fee and that are located close to fee-free universities experience a decrease in …

selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students … better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers …

This paper investigates the determinants of academic achievements of post-reform undergraduate students of Ca' Foscari … University of Venice. Academic achievements are measured with the students' grade point averages and time to graduation. The set … of independent variables contains information on students' personal characteristics, prior academic achievements, family …