Centralized admission and the student-college match

Resumo

Decentralized assignments in the education market have been increasingly replaced by centralized ones. However, empirical evidence on these transitions is scarce. This paper examines the adoption of centralized admissions in the Brazilian higher education market. Using rich administrative data, we exploit time variation in the adoption of a clearinghouse across institutions to investigate the impacts on student sorting, migration, and enrollment. We find that institutions under the centralized assignment are able to attract students with substantially higher test scores and that geographical mobility of admitted students increases. While there are no sizable effects on final enrollment rates, the higher turnover rate of seats indicates the search is intensified. Overall, our findings indicate positive impacts of centralization on the college market

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2017

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/19264

Temas

EconomiaEducação

Palavras-chave

Higher educationCentralized matchingCollege admissionTest scoresMigrationEnrollmentEconomiaEnsino superior - BrasilUniversidades e faculdades - IngressoExame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Brasil)