We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …

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

This paper investigates the determinants of academic achievements of post-reform undergraduate students of Ca’ Foscari … University of Venice. Academic achievements are measured with the students’ grade point averages and time to graduation. The set … of independent variables contains information on students’ personal characteristics, prior academic achievements, family …