different groups of teachers and are found mainly for mobility between schools rather than out of the profession. Teachers react …

We investigate the choice of quality, or academic content, in higher education in a two-sector model. Individuals are … differentiation in higher education can decrease student effort and skill of medium ability types. …

We study the political determination of the proportion of students attending university when access to higher education … and child's ability leads to a larger university populated by a larger fraction of rich students, in line with the so …

the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students. …

better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers …We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges … selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students …

The number of tertiary students enrolled outside their home country has almost doubled in the last decade. In higher … mobility affects the governmental decision about the financial regime of higher education based on aggregated data of 22 OECD … financing share of higher education funding depends on a country's tax revenue, its GDP and the share of students enrolled in …

outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges … of less able students. As we argue in the paper, this adjustment benefits low-ability college students at the expense of … colleges become a less appealing alternative for the medium ability students. The selective, elite colleges therefore adopt a …

We assume that students can acquire a wage premium, thanks to studies, and form a rational expectation of their future … earnings, which depends on personal ability. Students receive a private, noisy signal of their ability, and universities can … of test scores. Students optimally self-select as a result of pricing only. If capital markets are perfect but …

enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees …