The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, among others, added two years in secondary education thereby delaying entry into higher education by two years. This was expected to displace teaching and non-teaching personnel in higher education. To mitigate the impact, the law mandated the Commission...

This working paper provides an overview of the importance and tendencies of financing higher education and students' mobility. The analysis investigates problems stemming from unequal access to financing of education and mobility associated costs. It underlines the necessity of public help to...

This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial aimed at testing the effectiveness of an innovative intervention of asset building (Percorsi) on high school students' transition to the university. Contrary to most traditional forms of financial aid, the tested intervention is...

Recruiting agents, or "programs" costly screen “applicants” in matching processes, and congestion in a market increases with the number of applicants to be screened. To combat this externality that applicants impose on programs, application costs can be used as a Pigouvian tax. Higher costs...