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 …

migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of …

of students pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Sweden and the United States. The framework … attentiveness among MBA students and tolerance for large variability in CEO pay. …

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 …

We use detailed time-diary information on high school students' daily activities from the 2003-2008 American Time Use … outcomes. Our results suggest that employment decreases the time that high school students spend on human …

students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social … programs by students at the University of Washington. Our data set allows us to track student donations and economics training … likely to donate than other students and that there is an indoctrination effect for non-majors but not for majors. Women …

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. …

the effect by comparing a student's academic performance before and after turning 21. We find that students' grades fall … evolution of performance as students make progress towards their degrees. …

College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance …