@article {31787,
	title = {Small Differences that Matter: Mistakes in Applying to College},
	journal = {Journal of Labor Economics},
	volume = {33},
	number = {2},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {493-520},
	abstract = {
	In 1997, the ACT increased the number of free score reports it provided to students from three to four, maintaining a $6 marginal cost for each additional report. In response to this $6 cost change, ACT-takers sent many more score reports and applications relative to SAT-takers. They widened the range of colleges they sent scores to, and low-income ACT-takers attended more-selective colleges. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that the policy substantially increased low-income students{\textquoteright} expected earnings. This sizable behavioral change in response to such a small cost change suggests that in this setting, small policy perturbations can have large effects on welfare.

},
	author = {Amanda Pallais}
}
