eligibility did not have a uniform effect on students' applications but varied by gender and academic performance. Highperforming … male students shifted their First-Ranked application from non-selective to selective long-term programs. Yet, female … students did not show a systematic response. We suggest that female students were more certain in their application choices …

application decisions for all students, but it impacted students differently based on gender and academic performance. High …-performing male students showed the strongest reaction, shifting their first-ranked application from non-selective long …-term universities to selective long-term programs. On average, female students, regardless of performance, did not show a systematic …

I evaluate a financial aid policy which automatically granted 1,800 euros annually to low-income students scoring in … the top 5% of high school students and enrolling in higher education. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that …. These null results do not appear to be driven by (i) students being unaware of this aid, (ii) crowding out of parents …