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Testing means-tested aid
Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill - 2016
Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of …
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Keeping it in the family : student to degree match
Murphy, Richard; Silva, Pedro Luis - 2024
This paper examines systematic inequalities in the match between students and the university degree they apply to, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517315
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Keeping it in the family : student to degree match
Murphy, Richard; Silva, Pedro Luis - 2024
This paper examines systematic inequalities in the match between students and the university degree they apply to, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014519843
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Credit access and college enrollment
Solis, Alex - 2013
Does limited access to credit explain some of the gap in schooling attainment between children from richer and poorer 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009768510
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Student and graduate migration and its effect on the financing of higher education
Haussen, Tina; Übelmesser, Silke - 2014
The number of tertiary students enrolled outside their home country has almost doubled in the last decade. In higher education systems that are partly tax-funded, a country's labor force might not be willing to subsidize the education of foreign students who can be expected to work abroad after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404374
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Does more generous student aid increase enrolment rates into higher education? : Evaluating the German student aid reform of 2001
Baumgartner, Hans J. (contributor);  … - 2006
(BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount … received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a 'natural experiment … on enrolment rates into higher education. We find that the reform had a small positive but statistically insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297706
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Repayment Burdens of Student Loans for Vietnamese Higher Education
Chapman, Bruce - 2013
The time is approaching when Vietnamese higher education students will be required to contribute more to the direct costs of the process. As well, continued expansion of the system will become increasingly difficult without the institution of an effective student loans policy designed to assist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087181
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Does More Generous Student Aid Increase Enrolment Rates into Higher Education? Evaluating the German Student Aid Reform of 2001
Baumgartner, Hans J. - 2007
(BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount … received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a quot … effect on enrolment rates into higher education. We find that the reform had a small positive but statistically insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778539
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Evidence on Credit Constraints, University Attendance and Income Contingent Loans
Cardak, Buly A. - 2014
The effects of credit constraints on university participation are investigated in a setting where income contingent tuition loans are available to students. Students most likely to face credit constraints have the same or higher probability of attending university as all other students, given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043194
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How Did Removing Student Allowances for Postgraduate Study Affect Students’ Choices?
Sin, Isabelle - 2018
From 1 January 2013, students in New Zealand who entered postgraduate qualifications other than Honours were no longer eligible to receive student allowances. We use individual-level administrative data that includes tertiary enrollment information, student allowance receipt, student loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921407