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 …

(higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were … education ; Education inputs ; Lecture attendance ; Hours of study ; Future-orientation ; Attitude to risk ; Non …

When grades lose their informative value because the percentage of students receiving the best grade rises without any …, by grading honestly, a school can build up reputation. Introducing a concern for reputation into an established signaling … ; education …

experiment. Is the centralized or decentralized procedure better suited to match prospective students to universities? The … analysis uses administrative data on all students within Germany and complements the prominent theoretical literature on … drop-out rates. -- Higher education ; college admission problem ; university admission …

effect of fees on applications to higher education. It focuses on two policy changes: the removal of upfront tuition fees in …

We theoretically and experimentally study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking … students' efforts in entrance exams. Students hold private information regarding their ability level that affects the cost of …, we solve and compare the equilibria of "centralized college admissions" (CCA) in which students apply to all colleges …

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 …

survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields …

intervention, gaps in college attendance by household income or parents' education persist but decline by 30 to 50 percent. …

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 …