essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …

essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …

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 …

In many countries, subsidies towards higher education and financial aid to students from poorer backgrounds have … entered. Low SES students are less likely to enter business/economic fields and more likely to enter education -- the lowest … find that, at age 33, students in the lowest SES group who studied a graduate degree earn about 10% less compared to the …

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 …

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 …

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 …