Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312135 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 2104
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
education
inequality
financial aid
gender
JEL: 
I22
I23
I24
I38
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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