students in Korea. The Korean government limits the number of admission slots at each college by assigning a binding quota for … each year. An increase in the quota admits more academically marginal students to college. The Instrumental Variables (IV …-year college attendance of marginal students increases their hourly wage by 68.5%. College education also increases fringe bene ts …

For-profit providers have become an important fixture of U.S. higher education markets. Students who attend for … selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more disadvantaged backgrounds, it is important to … different latent supply of for-profit institutions. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll …

, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college … four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …

, many students fail to complete their degrees, and few invest in majors with the highest earnings potential such as those in … STEM fields. To help students navigate the complexities of college, policymakers are increasingly advocating for the use of … quality of advising impacts students' success. This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college advisor …

application rates, particularly for Hispanic students, are not explained by differential levels of college readiness, high school … students and campuses where same race students from their high school have been successful in the past …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students' probability to enroll at university … requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the empirical analysis is carried out by applying a difference …

's HOPE Scholarship has affected students' college major decisions, with a focus on STEM majors. We find consistent evidence …

We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a … state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find … that admissions certainty encourages college-ready low-income students to seek more rigorous universities. Low …

who study science and engineering areas. With regard to the productivity of graduate students, the results show that there …