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

We use a reform that was recently implemented in Italy to investigate the effects on academic achievement of more … set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best - depending on the data employed - a marginal improvement for students in …

We use a reform that was recently implemented in Italy to investigate the effects on academic achievement of more … set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best – depending on the data employed – a marginal improvement for students in …

I study the effects of the Future to Discover Project, a randomized experiment in which Canadian high school students … intervention greatly improved students' outcomes in the long run by improving academic matching. In contrast, the college grant had …-income students. And that they explain a large part of the gap in four-year college enrollment between high- and low-income students. …

This paper exploits discontinuities in the assignment of scholarships targeted at low income students in an Italian … University in order to evaluate the effects of monetary incentives on students' academic achievement. Results reveal positive and … sizeable causal effects both in terms of credits and grades. Gender differentials also emerge: male students drive the results …

This paper estimates the percentage of students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid … although extensive student financial aid for needy students is available, it is crucial to know whether students assert their …-Economic Panel Study 2002–2013 and estimate the respective aid amounts students would have received, had they filed an application …

This paper estimates the percentage of students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid … although extensive student financial aid for needy students is available, it is crucial to know whether students assert their …-Economic Panel Study 2002–2013 and estimate the respective aid amounts students would have received, had they filed an application …

have increased. We discuss these trends as well as recent evidence on the extent to which students are able to obtain … student credit arrangements that balance three important objectives: (i) providing credit for students to access college and …

high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from low-income households is particularly strong. We …