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, before the COVID-19 pandemic, student visa applicants already faced an approximately 27 percent refusal rate that varies by …. Using an instrumental variables approach, we find that a higher anticipated F-1 student visa refusal rate decreases the … international student enrollment in the US. The decreases are larger among international students with higher measured academic …
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This paper takes advantage of a recent policy experiment in Ukraine's secondary education system to study the effect of stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority studentsメ demand for, as well as opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university...
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In this paper, we provide new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment. To do so, we use samples extracted from the French Labor Force Surveys conducted over the years 1992-2002. These samples are restricted to students in initial education following...
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I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to identify the returns to four-year college for students on the academic margin of college admission. In addition, I develop a theoretical model of college...
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I use the 1993 and 2003 National Surveys of College Graduates to examine the higher exit rate of women compared to men from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can...
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We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. We find that parental expectations and peer...
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leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students test scores. We observe the same student …
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Students from low-income families are eligible to student aid under the federal students' financial assistance scheme … (BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount …
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More than two of every five students who enrolled in college in 2007 failed to graduate by 2013. Peer tutoring services offer one approach toward improving learning outcomes in higher education. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment designed to increase take-up of university tutoring...
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calendar on student outcomes. Using panel data on the near universe of four-year nonprofit institutions and leveraging quasi … administrative transcript data from one large state system, we replicate this analysis at the student-level and investigate several …
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