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Public funding and enrolment into higher education in Europe

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Wirz, Aniela - 2002

In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling - regardless at what level - does increase college enrolment alike...

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E-learning engagement gap during school closures : differences by academic performance

Amer-Mestre, Josep; Ayarza-Astigarraga, Alaitz; Lopes, Marta - In: Applied economics 56 (2024) 3, pp. 337-359

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Study achievement for students with kids

Hallberg, Daniel; Lindh, Thomas; éZamac, Jovan - 2011

diploma, all with respect to parenthood. Few get children while enrolled in higher education, nevertheless one fourth of …

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Neighbourhoods, economic incentives and post compulsory education choices

Lindvall, Lars - 2009

There are large differences in income and education levels, unemployment and ethnic composition between neighbourhoods … investigates neighbourhood effects on youths-post primary education choice. Besides including usual variables the paper also … with at most compulsory education in a neighbourhood does however seem to have a negative effect on applying for a …

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Does making upper secondary school more comprehensive affect dropout rates, educational attainment and earnings? Evidence from a Swedish pilot scheme

Hall, Caroline - 2009

Since the mid-20th century many OECD countries have discarded their previous selective schools systems, in which students early on were separated between academic and vocational tracks, in favor of more comprehensive schools. The effects of these reforms have generally been difficult to evaluate...

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Minority enrollments at public universities of diverse selectivity levels under different admission regimes: The case of Texas

Alfonso, Mariana; Calcagno, Juan Carlos - 2007

This study describes how minority enrollment probabilities respond to changes in admission policies from affirmative-action to merit-only programs and then to percentage plans when the demographic composition of the potential pool of applicants is also shifting. It takes advantage of admission...

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The distributional effects of direct college costs

Gemus, Jonathan - 2010

vary by family income, parent education, race or gender. …

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Greek membership and academic performance : evidence from student-level data

Cheng, Cheng - In: Applied economics 50 (2018) 29, pp. 3185-3195

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Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education

Holmlund, Bertil; Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2006

variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that postponement of higher education is associated with a persistent and … studies. The reduction of lifetime earnings associated with two years postponement of higher education amounts to 40 …

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How do crises affect schooling decisions? Evidence from changing labor market opportunities and a policy experiment

López Bóo, Florencia - 2008

account for the fact that a new Federal Education Law (FEL) in 1996 extended mandatory education to 10 years. Differences …

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