first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students’ computer skills and may increase the …

Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

environments across the two areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys … the evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that …

that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …

Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based …

completion and earnings. These patterns imply that, on average, students benefit from “overmatch” of the sort generated by … move lower ability students to higher quality colleges …

Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of …-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have already enrolled in college. To do so, we exploit a unique non …-linear function of parental income. Our findings suggest that increasing aid by £1,000 increases the chances of gaining a good degree …