This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students’ major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

We study how class size and class composition affect the academic and labor market performance of college students, two … assignment of students to teaching classes. We find that a one standard deviation increase in class-size results in a 0 … lower income students. Also, the effects of class composition in terms of gender and ability appear to be inverse U …

-selective public institutions. Colleges with a higher share of online students charge lower tuition prices. We present evidence that …

This paper examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South … about students that is of common interest to all colleges, lower-ranked colleges can gain in competition with higher …

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 … panel data set from Texas that allows us to both examine in detail the paths that students take towards a bachelor's degree …