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Students’ Preferences, Capacity Constraints and PostSecondary Achievements in a NonSelective System

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  • N. BECHICHI

    (Insee)

  • G. THEBAULT

    (PSE – École d’économie de Paris)

Abstract

Using rich administrative data on the French centralized assignment system of admission in higher education Admission Post Bac (APB) paired with data on university enrollment, this article provides new evidence on the impact of satisfying students’ stated preferences on their achievements in higher education. To do so, we exploit lotteries embedded in APB to prioritize applicants in oversubscribed university programs as an instrument for admission. Focusing on cohorts 2013 to 2016, we show that admission to one’s top-ranked program has a large impact on the pursuit of post-secondary education: on average, it increases students’ chances of enrollment into higher education by 10% from the baseline. It also affects other aspects of students’ educational pathways such as persistence in higher education, choice of major and degree completion. Effects are heterogeneous both by programs’ field of study and applicants’ profile. In particular, students at the margin of pursuing higher education are more sensitive to capacity constraints in their favorite program.

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  • N. Bechichi & G. Thebault, 2021. "Students’ Preferences, Capacity Constraints and PostSecondary Achievements in a NonSelective System," Documents de Travail de l'Insee - INSEE Working Papers g2021-01, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques.
    • Handle: RePEc:nse:doctra:g2021-01
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    1. Gustave Kenedi, 2024. "Beyond the enrolment gap: Financial barriers and high-achieving, low-income students' persistence in higher education," CEP Discussion Papers dp1987, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.

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    Keywords

    Centralized Matching Market; Higher Education; Preferences; Capacity Constraints; Randomized Control Trial;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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