TY  - JOUR
AB  - Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in education affect public universities' decision-making. I construct a shift-share instrument exploiting institutions' historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange rate fluctuations. Contrary to the critics that US-born students are crowded out, I find international students increase schools' funding via tuition payments, leading to increased in-state enrollment and lower tuition prices. Schools also keep steady per-student spending and recruit more students with high math scores. Lastly, states allocate more appropriations to universities attracting fewer international students.
AU  - Chen, Mingyu
DA  - May 2021
DO  - 10.26300/x1wy-4d72
PY  - 2021
ST  - The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export
T2  - EdWorkingPapers.com
TI  - The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export
UR  - https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-405
ID  - 376
ER  -