An extensive literature in the social sciences analyzes peer effects among students, but estimation is complicated by … observations within peer groups noted by Angrist (2014). The field experiment randomly assigns students to one-to-one partnerships … effects but we find some evidence that low-ability peers negatively affect low-ability and medium-ability students. The …

to a proliferation of financial aid policy in the U.S. and around the world. More students are receiving more aid today … outside the U.S. on the causal impact of a variety of financial aid policies and programs on students' college decisions …

This paper studies the causal impacts of public universities on the outcomes of their marginally admitted students. I … American public university students, to systematically identify and employ decentralized cutoffs in SAT/ACT scores that …-10 percent more than their marginally rejected but otherwise identical counterpart. Marginally admitted students pay no …

aid targets price-sensitive students. Leveraging a reform in Brazil's student loan program, we provide descriptive … by 3%, while need-based targeting raises tuition by only 0.4%. This difference arises because low-income students …

tuition coverage to students admitted to one of 33 government-certified high-quality universities known for superior test …. To qualify, students must score in the top 10% of the standardized high school exit exam and have below-median household … partly by high-quality universities improving students' skills, as demonstrated by their performance on Colombia's college …

economic and racial composition of incoming students. Because endowment levels are a function of expenditures and alumni giving … colleges and universities do not increase the number of students they serve or the fraction of students receiving aid, and only … more selective and enrolling fewer low-income students and students of color. Overall, colleges and universities appear to …