programs; however, they may harm match quality. In a multiple-elicitation experiment conducted in a real-life matching market …Recruiting agents, or "programs" costly screen "applicants" in matching processes, and congestion in a market increases …

potential explanation for these patterns. For this purpose, we conduct an information experiment about college returns and costs … for individuals in the returns experiment: intended college attendance expectations increase by about 0.2 of the standard …

We evaluate a simple allocation mechanism of students to majors at college entry that was commonly used in universities … in Brazil in the 1990s and 2000s. Students first chose a single major and then took exams that select them in or out of … and is not strategy-proof. This means that some pairs of major & students can be made better off and that students tend to …

foreign students within university-degree across four cohorts of undergraduate students. Foreign peers have zero to mild …

Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet … examine how the anticipated F-1 visa restrictiveness influences US undergraduate enrollment outcomes of international students … international student enrollment in the US. The decreases are larger among international students with higher measured academic …

This paper examines the implications of college admissions criteria on students' academic and non-academic performance …. Comparing students admitted through each track, we find that DA students fare similarly in terms of academic performance in … university as marginal students admitted through the regular route. However, they are significantly more likely to be involved in …

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 …

. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM …,000 students and a total of more than 190,000 observations, spanning six cohorts of first-year undergraduate students across all … the effect along the dimensions of students' socio-economic status, ability, and gender, finding that in STEM disciplines …

university. We focus on two core variables: the share of non-English-speaking students and the diversity within the group of non …-English-speaking students with respect to their linguistic background. English-speaking students are largely unaffected by the ethno …-linguistic classroom composition.Non-English-speaking students benefit from a larger diversity in their performance and increase their …