, and a natural experiment conducted on, students from the United States Naval Academy (USNA). We develop a conceptual … rich set of covariates and the random assignment of students to peer groups. We find that students can be influenced by …

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. …

of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of second-decile minority … students decreased, respectively, by 2.4 and 3.3 percentage points. The effect of the change in admissions policy was slightly …

students from first-year courses (N= 6954) was offered large incentives (worth AUD 55,000) to attend PASS, which increased … was larger (0.89) for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instrumental variable estimates suggest that one hour of … estimate is not statistically significant, reflecting limited statistical power. The estimated effect is largest for students …

This study investigates the impact of single-sex versus coeducational schooling on students' decisions to pursue STEM … Australian university, we compare students with similar Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranks (ATARs) who could have feasibly … and the academic quality of the high schools attended. Our primary outcomes are the proportion of students from each …

so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an increased demand in Australia for better-educated workers. As the twentieth …

policies that subsidize kids' socialization efforts can backfire for low-educated students because they tend to increase their … interactions with other low-educated students (i.e., homophily), which reduces the education effort of their parents and, thus …

-class absences to construct social networks based on students who miss class together. We simulate these networks and use permutation … tests to show that certain students systematically coordinate their absences. Leveraging a parent-information intervention … on student absences, we find spillover effects from treated students onto peers in their network. We show that an optimal …