We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior between students from … completely on grades in the terminal high school examinations. Thus, we can compare the application choices of students who have … equal chances of admission to college programs. Conditional on achievement and college opportunities, we find that students …

administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … 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 …

examine how the college choices of equally achieving students differ by gender. We find that female students better balance … differences in risk management are concentrated amongst high achieving students …

markets and whether the effects spill over to spouses and children. There is substantial evidence that more educated people … spouses or children …

achievement than males and this is particularly the case for children from less advantaged backgrounds. Second, there are large …