sample of Italian undergraduates, we measure procrastination with the actual behaviour of students, considering the delay in … finalizing their university enrolment procedure. We firstly show that procrastination is a strong predictor of students … background characteristics and indicators of students' motivation. Secondly, we investigate, using a Regression Discontinuity …

In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel …

Drawing on data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), we show that students who select majors that …

In Germany, the streaming of students into an academic or nonacademic track at age 10 can be revised at later stages of …

We exploit a rich administrative panel data-set for cohorts of Economics students at a UK university in order to … unobserved heterogeneity across students and hence for endogeneity between absence and academic performance of students stemming … features of the data such as the random assignment of students to classes and information on the timetable of classes, which …

We empirically examine whether there is discernable variation in the matriculation patterns of low-income students at …, low-income students with need-based aid. While enrollment responses cannot be attributed to these programs, we do find …-distant students. These findings imply that "improved" access may actually displace some needy students in favor of others. -- Low …

The choice of a college major plays a critical role in determining the future earnings of college graduates. Students … survey students about what their expected earnings would be both in the major they have chosen and in counterfactual majors …. We also elicit students' subjective assessments of their abilities in chosen and counterfactual majors. We estimate a …

cohorts of students in England – those who took GCSEs in 2001-02 and 2002-03 – from age 11 to age 20. The findings suggest … hold for both state and private school students. This suggests that poor attainment in secondary schools is more important … in explaining lower HE participation rates amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds than barriers arising at the …