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 …

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend … than students attending similarly-selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more …. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll in a for-profit institution for a given labor …

We evaluate the effect of the federal students' financial assistance scheme (BAfoeG) on enrolment rates into higher … students had to repay the full loan until 1990. Thereafter, 50 percent of the student aid has been offered as a non … in Germany and elsewhere. …

enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees …

into university in order to enrich and enhance the planning of the needed university places for first-year students. The … estimate an alternative number of first-year students and to open up a range of possible solutions. …

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

students in Germany, we find that this reform decreased enrollment rates. Moreover, students are more likely to delay their …We examine the consequences of compressing secondary schooling on students' university enrollment. An unusual education … reform in Germany reduced the length of academic high school while simultaneously increasing the instruction hours in the …

. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …