While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and … and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the … differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating …

with lower high school grades. The program affects the performance of both male and female students, albeit in different …-economically disadvantaged students. -- Education inequality ; Access programs ; Natural experiment ; Economics of education … to low socioeconomic status (SES) students using a natural experiment which exploits the time variation in the expansion …

Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by … traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … indicator for students’ personal problems within the academic context. The selection into the type of program is taken into …

In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects … of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of second-decile minority …

significant effects on college enrollment or drop-out rates for most subjects. -- higher education ; college enrollment drop …

evolution of performance as students make progress towards their degrees. -- alcohol ; post-secondary education ; minimum legal … the effect by comparing a student's academic performance before and after turning 21. We find that students' grades fall …

While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and … and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the … differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating …

coedu- cational classes on the choice of school type for female students. We propose that girls are less likely to choose a … students. We address the problem of endogenous school choice by using natural variation in gender composition of adjacent … the foundations for career choices are certainly laid earlier, during education. Educational experts claim that female …

, compared to students without children. -- Students ; parenthood ; education ; study interruption …In this paper we explore the composition of students, the study length towards diploma, and examine the likelihood of … diploma, all with respect to parenthood. Few get children while enrolled in higher education, nevertheless one fourth of …

We investigate how college students form and update their beliefs about future earnings using a unique "information …" experiment. We provide college students true information about the population distribution of earnings and observe how this … information causes respondents to update their beliefs about their own future earnings. We show that college students are …