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 …

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 quot …

concentrated among higher and medium-ability students, while lower-ability students receiving financial assistance are discouraged …

analyses with individual fixed effects, we evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lower-income students' academic … performance during the spring 2020 semester relative to their higher-income peers. We find a differential effect by students' pre …-COVID-19 academic performance. Top-performing lower-income students experienced a decrease in both grades (5% lower) and earned …

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 …

discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to … education when students are about 30 years old. The college premium seems to increase over time, possibly offsetting the initial …

attending a four-year college and lower student debt. The effect is more pronounced for students who receive less financial aid …

-income students in Colombia. We use national level data along with a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impact of the … program. The results confirm that the program was effective in terms of increasing the potential number of low-income students … at the margin who would have enrolled in college, decreasing the number of students who dropped out, and increasing their …