TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Graetz, Georg
AU  - Öckert, Björn
AU  - Skans, Oskar Nordström
        TI  - Family Background and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores
        PY  - 2020/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13343
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13343
        AB  - Using discontinuities within the Swedish SAT system, we show that additional admission opportunities causally affect college choices. Students with high-educated parents change timing, colleges, and fields in ways that appear consistent with basic economic theory. In contrast, very talented students with low-educated parents react to higher scores by increasing overall enrolment and graduation rates. Remarkably, most of this effect arises from increased participation in college programs and institutions that they could have attended even with a lower score. This suggests that students with low-educated parents face behavioral barriers even in a setting where colleges are tuition-free, student grants are universal and application systems are simple.
        KW  - regression discontinuity design
KW  - intergenerational transmission of education
KW  - educational choice
        ER  -