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. …

cohorts of students in England - those who took GCSEs in 2001-02 and 2002-03 - from age 11 to age 20. The findings suggest … hold for both state and private school students. This suggests that poor attainment in secondary schools is more important … in explaining lower HE participation rates amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds than barriers arising at the …

university. The results also show that distance does not influence study choices among students from the highest socioeconomic …

university. The results also show that distance does not influence study choices among students from the highest socioeconomic …

application rates, particularly for Hispanic students, are not explained by differential levels of college readiness, high school … students and campuses where same race students from their high school have been successful in the past. …

important as teacher assignment for student learning. Furthermore, they have a relatively larger impact on students from …

This paper is the first to estimate a causal effect of immigrant students' reading performance on their math …

This paper estimates peer effects in a university context where students are randomly assigned to sections. While … students benefit from better peers on average, low-achieving students are harmed by high-achieving peers. Analyzing students …' behavior or students' effort. We further show, building on Angrist (2014), that classical measurement error in a setting where …