Students who attend different colleges in the U.S. end up with vastly different economic outcomes. We study the role of … outcomes of students who apply to and are admitted by the same set of institutions, as this approach strikingly balances …

as providing better information about the application of economics, exposing students to role models, and updating course …

not detectable by existing mean-based tests. Beliefs about future income are found to become more accurate as students …

Most students who begin at a community college leave without earning a degree. Given the growing emphasis on student … former students. However, there is a lack of causal evidence on their effectiveness. We implement a text message-based re …-enrollment campaign in partnership with several Florida community colleges. Former students who were previously successful academically …

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend … than students attending similarly-selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more …. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll in a for-profit institution for a given labor …

I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …

College attendance is a risky investment. But students may not recognize when they are at risk for failure, and …, with negative impacts on persistence but positive effects on grades for students who remain enrolled. After three years … education by pushing out low-performing low-income students faster than their equally low-performing, but higher-income peers …

Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …

resources significantly increased educational attainment and wages later in life, particularly for the children of unskilled …