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The Impact of Student Aid Eligibility on Higher Education Applications

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  • Camille Remigereau
  • Clara Schäper

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This study examines how student aid eligibility influences application decisions to higher education using administrative data from France. We study the impact of a change in income thresholds for aid eligibility. We find that aid eligibility did not have a uniform effect on students’ applications but varied by gender and academic performance. Highperforming male students shifted their First-Ranked application from non-selective to selective long-term programs. Yet, female students did not show a systematic response. We suggest that female students were more certain in their application choices, while male students faced stronger financial constraints than females when attending long-term selective programs.

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  • Camille Remigereau & Clara Schäper, 2024. "The Impact of Student Aid Eligibility on Higher Education Applications," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2104, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp2104
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    Keywords

    Education; inequality; financial aid; gender;
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    JEL classification:

    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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