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evidence that FiF students are less likely to graduate from elite universities and have a higher probability of dropping out …Universities around the world are attempting to increase the diversity of their student population. This includes … likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find …
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We study within-family spillovers in college enrollment to show college-going behavior is transmissible between peers. Because siblings' test scores are weakly correlated, we exploit college-specific admissions thresholds that directly affect older but not younger siblings' college options....
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Universities use 'first in family' or 'first generation' as an indicator to increase the diversity of their student … efforts to widen participation at universities. …
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. 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 …
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