We analyse the effects of a national student finance reform in the Netherlands, which replaced universal subsidies for … higher education students by low-interest loans. We show that this reform had a large impact on education choices of … secondary school students, lowering their enrolments in college-preparing tracks and increasing the share of students …

Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of …-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have already enrolled in college. To do so, we exploit a unique non …

Many university students depend on employment during their studies. The closing of universities and the loss of many … German university, we analyze changes in students' income and its composition throughout the different phases of the pandemic …. Students' job income declined by 66% (total income by 19%), on average, during the first lockdown. There was a quick recovery …