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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 education aid examine its impact on college enrolment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541300
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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 enroll in. Using linked administrative data on the population of Portuguese applicants we create a transparent and continuous measure of student-to-degree match employing...
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 enroll in. Using linked administrative data on the population of Portuguese applicants we create a transparent and continuous measure of student-to-degree match employing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014519843
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Credit access and college enrollment
Solis, Alex - 2013
. Both programs offer loans to students who score above a threshold on the national college admission test, enabling a …
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
Students from low-income families are eligible to student aid under the federal students' financial assistance scheme (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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297706
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Repayment Burdens of Student Loans for Vietnamese Higher Education
Chapman, Bruce - 2013
of an effective student loans policy designed to assist with both tuition and living costs. Of major policy interest in … face with 'repayment burdens' (RB), the proportion of incomes needed to repay their loans. We show how significant this … issue is likely to be by constructing a hypothetical student loans system and calculating RBs for male and female graduates …
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
Students from low-income families are eligible to student aid under the federal students' financial assistance scheme (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...
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
tuition loans are available to students. Students most likely to face credit constraints have the same or higher probability …
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