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students; we find that while some students experience discount rates of up to 5.9 percentage points over four years in college …, others must pay up to 3.8 percentage points more than they would have without the regulation. Students who receive financial …
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We estimate the impact of external financial support on the labor supply of students during their tertiary education … in students’ time allocation, lowering their hours devoted to working and increasing their time devoted to studying. We …
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A considerable fraction of college students and bachelor's degree recipients enroll in multiple postsecondary … institutions – that students take to obtain a bachelor's degree or through the higher education system more generally. We also know … unique panel data set from Texas that allows us to examine in detail the paths that students take toward a bachelor's degree …
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This paper adds to the understanding of student decisions about graduate school attendance by studying the magnitude of the effect of business cycle fluctuations on enrollment. I use data on graduate school enrollment from the Current Population Survey and statewide variation in unemployment...
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We investigate how much value college enrollment adds to students’ critical thinking, problem-solving and communication … study in Colombia. Relative to observationally similar first year students, students in their final year of college score … test. Sensitivity analyses indicate that results are robust to validity threats posed by selection bias. Students in …
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selection with respect to ability or program quality arise as students progress through the admissions, enrollment or …
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College students are taking longer to earn baccalaureate degrees now than ever before, but little is known about … registration times assigned to students. Results suggest that course scarcity does not delay students’ graduation. We explore …
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Using a large administrative dataset from a statewide system including 34 community and technical colleges, the authors employed an instrumental variable technique to estimate the impact of online versus face-to-face course delivery on student course performance. The travel distance between each...
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to be positively correlated with students’ expected grades, and this paper tests whether or not there is an incentive for …
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This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are prospective students influenced by quality indicators of a university ranking or by an excellence status awarded … infrastructure, students’ satisfaction or the excellence status, more important than others? In order to address these questions, I …
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