College applications and enrollment effects of the Common Application.
This paper measures college applicants' response to the expansion of the Common Application, an online platform that reduces the time costs of additional applications to its member colleges. When a local college becomes a member institution, applicants are more likely to use the Common Application,...
| Published in: | Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 237 - 259 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2024
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