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Bach, Maximilian; Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2024

Though the use of tracking policies to stratify students is commonplace, evi- dence concerning the effects of ability …

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Earnings of university dropouts across Europe

Berlingieri, Francesco; Bolz, Theresa - 2020

This paper investigates relative earnings of individuals leaving tertiary education without a degree across 18 European countries employing survey data on adult workers. We find that, on average, university dropouts earn 8% more than those never enrolling into tertiary education, but 25% less...

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Preferred field of study and academic performance

Berlingieri, Francesco; Diegmann, André; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2022

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …

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Returns to higher education and dropouts : a double machine learning approach

McNamara, Sarah - 2020

This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts. Results show differential labour market outcomes for dropouts vs. individuals who have never...

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Does ignorance of economic returns and costs explain the educational aspiration gap? : evidence from representative survey experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those without a university degree favor a university education for their children. The latter are more...

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Social policy gone bad educationally : unintended peer effects from transferred students

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Mothers and students' mobility

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Higher education, performance pay, and the polarization of wages

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The returns to college(s): relative value-added and match effects in higher education

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The private and fiscal returns to higher education : a simulation approach for a young German cohort

Fischer, Benjamin; Hügle, Dominik - 2020

We quantify the private and fiscal lifetime returns to higher education in Germany accounting for the redistribution through the tax-and-transfer system, cohort effects, and the effect of income pooling within households. For this purpose we build a dynamic microsimulation model that simulates...

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