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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10150
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
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-income students who are less college-ready are not influenced by admissions certainty and are sensitive to college entrance exams scores. Most students also prefer campuses with students of similar race, income, and high school class rank, but only highly-qualified low-income students choose institutions where they have fewer same-race and same-income peers.
Schlagwörter: 
academic undermatching and overmatching
social matching
admissions policies
Texas Top 10% Plan
automatic admissions
JEL: 
I21
I23
J15
Dokumentart: 
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