Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college credits, in part to smooth the transition to college. With the Tennessee Department of Education, we conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the effects of dual-credit...

Despite increasing access to university education, students from disadvantaged or non-academic family backgrounds are still underrepresented in universities. In this regard, the economics literature has focused on the role of financial constraints as a cause of these observed differences in...

Die Entscheidung für oder gegen ein Studium hängt in Deutschland nach wie vor von sozioökonomischen Merkmalen ab. Dazu zählen etwa die Bildung der Eltern oder das Einkommen des Haushalts, in dem Abiturientinnen und Abiturienten aufgewachsen sind. Bisher eher unbeachtet blieb die Frage,...

Ob junge Erwachsene nach dem Abitur ein Studium aufnehmen, hängt in Deutschland nach wie vor stark von der Bildung der Eltern ab. AbiturientInnen, die aus einem nichtakademischen Elternhaus kommen, studieren deutlich seltener - selbst dann, wenn sie vor dem Abitur eine Studienabsicht hatten....

Although the proportion of students enrolled in college increased in the last decades, students from non-college family backgrounds remain underrepresented in higher education around the world. This study sheds light on whether the provision of information in a randomized controlled trial with...

We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Post-Secondary Survey to determine whether the factors associated with long-term attrition from higher education differ for students who initially enrolled part-time as compared to for students who initially enrolled full-time. Using a two-stage sequential...

The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...

Despite a robust college premium, college attendance rates in the United States have remained stagnant and exhibit a substantial socioeconomic gradient. We focus on information gaps - specifically, incomplete information about college benefits and costs - as a potential explanation for these...

Despite increasing access to university education, students from disadvantaged or non-academic family backgrounds are still underrepresented at universities. In this regard, the economic literature mainly studies the effect of financial constraints on post-secondary educational decisions. Our...