We investigate the determinants of students' university choice, with a focus on expected monetary returns, non …-pecuniary factors enjoyed at school, and financial constraints, in the Pakistani context. To mitigate the identification problem …-specific subjective expectations about labor market and non-pecuniary outcomes, with direct measures of financial constraints and students …

International students are part of the rapid expansion in public health program enrollment, increasing by 67 percent … from 2000 to 2012. However, this growth has been slower than that of domestic students, and enrollments are … disproportionate across institutions. This article discusses current mobility patterns and near-term forecast of international students …

In the midst of worldwide competition, higher education institutions (HEIs) aim to attract more STEM students. Until …

Does the structure of the first-year college experience affect students' graduation outcomes? I investigate this … at a separate campus blocks away from UC Berkeley, while living and socializing with regular UC Berkeley students; in the …-median high school GPAs and SAT scores have larger increases in their likelihood to graduate. Estimates adjusted for unobservable …

sample of 380 college students. Exploratory estimates using a series of Probit and Ordered Probit models indicate that … literacy than otherwise. Therefore female students holding lower GPA scores are ill equipped to successfully conduct efficient …

High school students, across the world, prepare for college by participating in shadow education. Despite substantial … investments in shadow education, however, little is known about whether it helps students prepare for college. The goal of our … shadow education positively impacts high-achieving students but not low-achieving students. Participating in shadow education …

Colombia and the country's excessively high school dropout rates. By using the OLS and trimming for bounds techniques, and …-related performance gap is explained by selection problems in the group of low-skilled and poor male students. In particular, the high … overcome this issue, unobservable male students are simulated and bounding procedures used. The results of this analysis …

. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight … decline in performance solely for students at the top of the achievement distribution. The heterogeneous peer effects by …. Utilizing fixed effects methods that allow us to address possible endogeneity with respect to the schools' students attend, we …

under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty on education costs and future returns. Students, applying a learning by … achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw …