Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate … mediator - students who rank high in math are more likely to choose STEM subjects in school and this can partly explain their …

administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …

two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies - augmented with a …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …