This paper examines systematic inequalities in the match between students and the university degree they apply to, and … measure of student-to-degree match employing minimal assumptions. We find that students who are the first in the family to … contrast, only the highest achieving female students relatively undermatch. These gaps are larger at the application stage. We …

This paper examines systematic inequalities in the match between students and the university degree they apply to, and … measure of student-to-degree match employing minimal assumptions. We find that students who are the first in the family to … contrast, only the highest achieving female students relatively undermatch. These gaps are larger at the application stage. We …

When students fund their education through loans, changes in student borrowing and tuition are interlinked. Higher … tuition costs raise loan demand, but loan supply also affects equilibrium tuition costs - for example, by relaxing students …

State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the …

families? I present new evidence on this important question using data from two loan programs for college students in Chile …. Both programs offer loans to students who score above a threshold on the national college admission test, enabling a … regression discontinuity evaluation design. I find that students who score just above the cutoff have nearly 20 percentage points …

the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students. …

the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students. …

Students from low-income families are eligible to student aid under the federal students' financial assistance scheme … received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a 'natural experiment …