We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first-time students’ success...

We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first- time students' success...

This paper examines field experiment in which we encourage the use of computer-based tests (quizzes) through a set of non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules...

Our study focuses on the effect of personality type and personality preferences measured by the Myers-Briggs typology, on higher education students' choice of profession and on their academic performance. We statistically analyzed a sample from two slightly similar bachelor majors studied at the...

Our study focuses on the effect of personality type and personality preferences measured by the Myers–Briggs typology, on higher education students' choice of profession and on their academic performance. We statistically analyzed a sample from two slightly similar bachelor majors studied at...

This paper estimates the causal effect of racial diversity on academic outcomes in a higher education classroom setting. I exploit a natural experiment where first-year college students in a mandatory writing course are assigned to discussion conferences with varying racial compositions....

This paper investigates the impact of studying the first-choice university subject on dropout and switching field of study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based on variation in the local field of study availability,...

This paper offers new evidence of the role of immigration in shaping the educational and labour market outcomes of natives. We use administrative data on the entire English higher education system and exploit the idiosyncratic variation of foreign students within university-degree across four...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and universities to transit from traditional class-based teaching to online learning. This paper investigates the impact produced by this shift on students' performance. We use administrative data of four cohorts of students enrolled in an Italian University...

Objective – The aim of this study is to identify and explore the relationship of parental engagement on teaching practices, student motivation, self-concept and academic achievement.Methodology/Technique – This study applies the perspectives of relevant ecological, socio-cultural and...