Rising unemployment and housing price appreciation are associated with increased college enrollment. Enrollment does … unemployment rates have at best a modest effect on six year graduation rates. Both boys and girls are, however, more likely to not …

the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF graduates in England using a nationally representative survey linked … two-thirds of all university graduates. Comparing individuals with no parental higher education we show that ethnic … likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find …

to individuals with similar pre-dropout characteristics who complete high school. It is only those who feel they are more …

test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college … graduation gaps, and sources of wage growth. Recent work demonstrates that, through its availability and low cost, the GED also …

data from a school dropout survey insights from a model of sequential decision making by parents, where the initial … family of origin shape observed choices about drop-out and return to school by individuals in our sample. Dropping out …