We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior between students from … completely on grades in the terminal high school examinations. Thus, we can compare the application choices of students who have … equal chances of admission to college programs. Conditional on achievement and college opportunities, we find that students …

We analyze the internal mobility of university graduates in Switzerland. An empirically interesting question because … not all the cantons have a university and therefore in some cantons students have to leave their home for studying but all … the cantons have to bear the public costs for studying for their students irrespective of their study place. On average …

in Chile in 1981. The program allowed students to choose which primary and secondary schools to attend. The government … probability of attending PSE by 2-4 percentage points and the probability of PSE graduation by 1-3 percentage points. Students … maximized if vouchers are introduced before students start middle school. …

and Krueger (2002) that examined the relationship between the college that students attended in 1976 and the earnings they … estimate the return to various measures of college selectivity for a more recent cohort of students: those who entered college … in 1989. We also estimate the return to college selectivity for the 1976 cohort of students, but over a longer time …

We examine the causal impact of China's higher education expansion on labor market outcomes for young college graduates … China decreases unemployment rates, especially among males and high school graduates. However, the policy also decreases …

educated workers are often quite mobile and there is a concern that public investments in college graduates may not benefit the … state if the college graduates leave the state after finishing their education. This paper examines the relationship between … the production of college graduates from a state and the stock of college graduates residing in the state using microdata …

to unpaid internships among English and Welsh graduates six months after completing their first degree, and the return to … also that graduates from higher socioeconomic status have an advantage in accessing internships while being significantly …

We investigate whether universities select by, or also shape, their students' personality, as implied by the human … should teach their students broader skills. …