The provision of grant aid is important to students' postsecondary opportunities and success.
It is well established that grant aid increases the probability of enrollment in postsecondary …

This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the
determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the …

Many countries organize their higher education system with limited or no ex ante admission
standards. They instead rely more heavily on an ex post selection mechanism, based on the …

The growth of the public discourse on college completion and student debt has pushed
policymakers and institutional leaders to implement a variety of policies aimed at …

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the
phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital …

In 2009 the US government introduced a major income-contingent loans (ICLs) program for
financing higher education. We investigate its welfare implications in the presence of income …

Los estudiantes universitarios chilenos incurren en niveles de sobreduración
excesivamente grandes, que generan perjuicios monetarios y socioemocionales …

This paper examines the decision-making process of students from an economic
perspective to understand the determinants of an individual's willingness to provide effort …

This study aims to examine the role of personality on the effectiveness in improving students'
performance of two extrinsic incentives: monetary and grade incentives. To achieve this …

This paper explores the extent to which PhD funding encourages postdegree research
career and leads to publications. Using novel data on Italian PhD graduates, I find positive …