Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based …

-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points-equivalent to 3.7 native … students displaced for 9 additional foreign students in an average course. STEM displacement is offset by an increased …

high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students …

This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at different …

enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees …

and scholars that the declines in state support have reduced the return to education investment for public sector students … four-year students, and we analyze individuals into their mid-30s. For four-year students, we find that state appropriation … adverse debt outcomes, and these students experience substantial increases in their credit score and in the affluence of the …