Student fees and financial support measures are important instruments to support access to, progress and achievement in higher education. In European countries they vary significantly depending on the national policy approaches and criteria. This biennial publication has for purpose to present a...

The current system for financing cross-border students, based on the host country, is neither sustainable nor efficient: it produces too little cross-border education. On that background, and motivated as well by a recent decision of the European Court of Justice, we explore two alternative...

Policy makers are increasingly searching for ways to allow more disadvantaged students to access and complete higher education. The quickly growing (quasi-)experimental literature on policy interventions in higher education provide the opportunity to identify the causal effects of these...

Education is a powerful tool for social mobility and cultural integration. However, it is one of the largest hurdles for migrants-particularly for forcefully displaced migrants, given their more vulnerable condition and lack of resources to pay for private education. This paper explores...

This paper studies families' capacity to pay for college in the United States, focusing on changes over time and differences by race and socioeconomic status. I use data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) to document changes over time in the Expected Family Contribution...