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Reaching High: Occupational Sorting and Higher Education Wage Inequality in the UK

Kleibrink, Jan; Michaelsen, Maren M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The Further and Higher Education Act of 1992 changed the Higher Education system in the UK by giving all polytechnics university status. Using the British Household Panel Survey and accounting for different sources of selection bias, we show that wage differentials between university and...

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Do Universities Shape Their Students' Personality?

Schurer, Stefanie; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Leung, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We investigate whether universities select by, or also shape, their students' personality, as implied by the human … should teach their students broader skills. …

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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students

Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students’ test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …

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Does the Expansion of Higher Education Increase the Equality of Educational Opportunities? Evidence from Italy

Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; de Blasio, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

of degrees and to open new sites in neighbouring provinces. Our analysis focuses on non-mature full-time students and the …

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Estimating the Need for PhDs in the Academic Sector via a Survey of Employers

Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Kanep, Hanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academic sector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities, institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in all countries around...

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Why Should State Government Invest in College Education? An Equilibrium Approach for the US in 2000

Shields, Michael P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper is a preliminary look at the benefits to states in the US of subsidizing college education. The benefits studies are the external benefits of college education on the earnings of both college graduates and those who have not graduated from college. In completing a college education...

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State Merit-based Financial Aid Programs and College Attainment

Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We examine the effects of recently adopted state merit-based financial aid programs on college attendance and degree completion. Our primary analysis uses microdata from the 2000 Census and 2001-2010 American Community Survey to estimate the effects of merit programs on educational outcomes for...

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Risk-Sharing and Student Loan Policy: Consequences for Students and Institutions

Webber, Douglas A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

which their students defaulted. I examine the predicted institutional responses under a variety of possible penalties and … economic efficiency in terms of costs due to a reallocation of students across sectors. …

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Micro-Level Determinants of Lecture Attendance and Additional Study-Hours

Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected through a web-survey that the authors designed....

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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

producing serious scholars and a tremendous amount of scholarly output; more and more Chinese students seek higher education … abroad; and international students find a rising interest in receiving education in China. …

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