instead shifts students across higher education sectors. Finally, we provide suggestive evidence that students induced to …

discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to … education when students are about 30 years old. The college premium seems to increase over time, possibly offsetting the initial …

around tested skills and narrowing testing to high-performing students. We estimate the effect of an accountability program …. Schools, especially schools serving disadvantaged students, inflated their accountability ratings by having up to 30 percent … of low-performing students miss high-stakes tests. Teachers increased their preparation time, but they also narrowed …

This paper studies the labor market returns to quality of higher education for low-skilled students. Using a regression … discontinuity design, we compare students who marginally pass and marginally fail the French high school exit exam from the first … pursued. Specifically, students who marginally pass are more likely to enroll in STEM majors and universities with better …

In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel …