Chile's centralized higher education platform, leveraging administrative data and two policy changes: an expansion of the … programs' joining the platform led students to start college sooner and raised the share of students who graduated on time. We … students' ranked-ordered applications, on- and off-platform enrollment, and on-time graduation outcomes. When more programs …

university graduates and a difference-in-differences approach. The share of high-school leavers graduating fell by 1.8 percentage … points, which is less than the 3.2-percentage point drop in enrolment, indicating many deterred students would not have … in systems with high dropout rates and "ghost students"-students enrolling primarily for non-educational benefits. …

waives tuition fees for first-generation college students in technical education. Using household survey data in difference … technical courses, with downstream effects on regular employment, occupational choices, and household welfare. Male students … gained more than female students. The scheme also increased reliance on education loans to cover residual costs. Our findings …

This paper aims at linking cross border mobility of students and graduates with the financing of higher education … costs between students / graduates and tax-payers is studied as well as the (optimal) sharing of the tax-payers ́part …