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

administrative data for the universe of students in a Master's program in Management and Finance in Italy over 2011-2015. We measure …'s achievement, both in the short and in the long run. However, further estimates reveal interesting heterogeneities across students …, being active teaching more effective in the case of females and students from secondary schools with an academic track. …

. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM …,000 students and a total of more than 190,000 observations, spanning six cohorts of first-year undergraduate students across all … the effect along the dimensions of students' socio-economic status, ability, and gender, finding that in STEM disciplines …

, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college … four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …

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 …

access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these … students will perform. This paper examines the relationship between high school quality and student success at college. Using … schools in the state that send students to the university, but also provides an admission criteria based on a sole observable …

leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …

-group teaching component (classes or seminars) and on the role of attendance, number of students per class, peers, and tutors. The … empirical analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data from a major undergraduate program where students are allocated … amongst students, even in an institution that imposes rigorous admission criteria and so has little observable heterogeneity …

Using detailed Danish administrative data covering the entire population of students entering higher education in the … students' drop out decisions as well as later labor market outcomes. Overall, we find that a one standard deviation increase in … for lower ability students. …

grants to university students while staying enrolled at their home university. This paper brings novel evidence on the effect … of participating in the programme on students' academic outcomes, using rich administrative data from one of the largest … improves graduation results for undergraduate students in scientific and technical fields (STEM) and for those who apply for …